---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: off-highway vehicle recreation: County of Inyo."
description: "Existing law authorizes an off-highway motor vehicle that has been issued a plate or device to be operated or driven upon a highway under certain circumstances. Existing law authorizes various public entities, and the Director of Parks and Recreation, to designate a highway, or portion thereof, for the combined use of regular vehicular traffic and off-highway motor vehicles if certain requirements are met. Existing law prohibits a highway from being designated for this combined use for a distance of more than 3 miles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 628"
citation: "California AB 628 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: off-highway vehicle recreation: County of Inyo."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51fe44fa-e9d0-47df-a29e-8b2fe377b860"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB628"
source_hash: "da288a5ce157a62490c6134ee97fbbe5a87763c474b71124411aa0dc9a333ca5"
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 628 (20112012) — Vehicles: off-highway vehicle recreation: County of Inyo.

Existing law authorizes an off-highway motor vehicle that has been issued a plate or device to be operated or driven upon a highway under certain circumstances. Existing law authorizes various public entities, and the Director of Parks and Recreation, to designate a highway, or portion thereof, for the combined use of regular vehicular traffic and off-highway motor vehicles if certain requirements are met. Existing law prohibits a highway from being designated for this combined use for a distance of more than 3 miles.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB628&version=20110AB62899INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB628&version=20110AB62898AMD)
3. **06/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB628&version=20110AB62897AMD)
4. **07/06/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB628&version=20110AB62896AMD)
5. **08/18/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB628&version=20110AB62895AMD)
6. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB628&version=20110AB62894AMD)
7. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB628&version=20110AB62892CHP)
8. **AB628** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB628)
9. **09/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB628&version=20110AB62893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 628 CONWAY Assembly Third Reading — **54–10** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Natural Resources and Water. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB628 Conway By Fuller — **29–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 628 CONWAY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **65–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Coms. on W., P. & W. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-25** 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`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 10. Page 1651.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2343.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 8. Page 3063.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 532, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/51fe44fa-e9d0-47df-a29e-8b2fe377b860`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).