---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle registration: exemptions."
description: "Existing law lists specified implements of husbandry that are exempt from vehicle registration requirements, including, but not limited to, an all-terrain vehicle used in agricultural operations. Existing law also exempts a trailer or semitrailer owned and used exclusively by a farmer to haul specified items used exclusively for the production or harvesting of agricultural products from vehicle registration requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2111"
citation: "California AB 2111 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle registration: exemptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campos"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05140960-180a-4ada-b85f-b7c73585ed8e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2111"
source_hash: "8717fbbcc0bc23dbdadc21a49379dcd9cdfee7b6e5fa3fda0287b7ecfe61f049"
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 2111 (20112012) — Vehicle registration: exemptions.

Existing law lists specified implements of husbandry that are exempt from vehicle registration requirements, including, but not limited to, an all-terrain vehicle used in agricultural operations. Existing law also exempts a trailer or semitrailer owned and used exclusively by a farmer to haul specified items used exclusively for the production or harvesting of agricultural products from vehicle registration requirements.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2111&version=20110AB211199INT)
2. **03/12/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2111&version=20110AB211198AMD)
3. **04/09/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2111&version=20110AB211197AMD)
4. **05/03/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2111&version=20110AB211196AMD)
5. **07/24/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2111&version=20110AB211194CHP)
6. **AB2111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2111)
7. **07/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2111&version=20110AB211195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #15 — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2111 CAMPOS Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Be referred to Committee on Transportation. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campos — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2012-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-13** Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on TRANS. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4788.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-06-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-05** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4320.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 168, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/05140960-180a-4ada-b85f-b7c73585ed8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).