---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: checkpoints."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county to establish, by ordinance, a combined vehicle inspection and sobriety checkpoint program to check for violations of motor vehicle exhaust standards and driving-under-the-influence (DUI) offenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 353"
citation: "California AB 353 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: checkpoints."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedillo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-10"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b2863f9-72fe-402b-8d95-0da7cc1ee60a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB353"
source_hash: "ce5ed4b3110e06011e18ffb75e8a0b6060f58620709ac5e3b7e8000e3eeb7ef9"
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 353 (20112012) — Vehicles: checkpoints.

(1) Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county to establish, by ordinance, a combined vehicle inspection and sobriety checkpoint program to check for violations of motor vehicle exhaust standards and driving-under-the-influence (DUI) offenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB353&version=20110AB35399INT)
2. **06/16/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB353&version=20110AB35398AMD)
3. **08/22/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB353&version=20110AB35397AMD)
4. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB353&version=20110AB35395CHP)
5. **AB353** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB353)
6. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB353&version=20110AB35396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 353 CEDILLO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB353 Cedillo By Simitian — **30–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 353 CEDILLO Assembly Third Reading — **55–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cedillo — primary (person)
- Allen — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Charles Calderon.
- **2011-05-31** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Cedillo.
- **2011-06-01** From inactive file.
- **2011-06-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 8. Page 1820.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-16** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2134.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 12. Page 2832.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 653, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b2863f9-72fe-402b-8d95-0da7cc1ee60a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).