--- type: "Bill" title: "Vehicles: instruction permit: motorcycle." description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a person from driving a 2-wheel motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, motorized scooter, motorized bicycle, moped, or bicycle with an attached motor upon a highway, unless the person holds a valid driver's license or endorsement for that class, with certain exceptions. Existing law allows a person, who is 15 years and 6 months or older who has a valid instruction permit to drive a motor vehicle and who has successfully completed automobile driver education and driver training, and a person who is 17 years and 6 months or older who has a valid instruction permit to drive a motor vehicle, to operate a motorcycle, motorized scooter, or motorized bicycle, with certain exceptions during hours of darkness, on freeways, and for carrying a passenger. Existing law provides that a person under 21 years of age may not be issued a class M1 or M2 license or endorsement to drive a motorcycle, unless he or she provides evidence satisfactory to the Department of Motor Vehicles of completion of a specified motorcycle safety training program." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20092010" identifier: "AB 1952" citation: "California AB 1952 (20092010)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vehicles: instruction permit: motorcycle."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Niello"] version_count: 7 action_count: 23 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2010-02-17" last_action: "2010-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0018fd7f-62a3-4f9a-9228-af53bf86e414" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952" source_hash: "0b7defc3583b5b06ff09b838b5f16f6f9922f1b250780c7f725b7211f9667f1c" vintage: "2026-07-01" source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump" retrieved_at: "2026-07-06" confidence: "reported" tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"] --- # California AB 1952 (20092010) — Vehicles: instruction permit: motorcycle. (1) Existing law prohibits a person from driving a 2-wheel motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, motorized scooter, motorized bicycle, moped, or bicycle with an attached motor upon a highway, unless the person holds a valid driver's license or endorsement for that class, with certain exceptions. Existing law allows a person, who is 15 years and 6 months or older who has a valid instruction permit to drive a motor vehicle and who has successfully completed automobile driver education and driver training, and a person who is 17 years and 6 months or older who has a valid instruction permit to drive a motor vehicle, to operate a motorcycle, motorized scooter, or motorized bicycle, with certain exceptions during hours of darkness, on freeways, and for carrying a passenger. Existing law provides that a person under 21 years of age may not be issued a class M1 or M2 license or endorsement to drive a motorcycle, unless he or she provides evidence satisfactory to the Department of Motor Vehicles of completion of a specified motorcycle safety training program. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952&version=20090AB195299INT) 2. **06/22/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952&version=20090AB195298AMD) 3. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952&version=20090AB195297AMD) 4. **08/05/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952&version=20090AB195296AMD) 5. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952&version=20090AB195294CHP) 6. **AB1952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952) 7. **08/16/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952&version=20090AB195295ENR) ## Votes - AB 1952 NIELLO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Assembly 3rd Reading AB1952 Niello By Wolk — **pass** (pass) · upper - Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower - AB 1952 NIELLO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Niello — primary (person) - John A. Perez — author (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2010-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2010-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20. - **2010-03-04** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2010-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2010-04-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2010-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4942.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2010-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2010-05-13** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee` - **2010-06-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2010-06-16** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2010-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2010-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2010-08-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2010-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2010-08-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 4405.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2010-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2010-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6164.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2010-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m. - **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 586, Statutes of 2010. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0018fd7f-62a3-4f9a-9228-af53bf86e414`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).