--- type: "Bill" title: "Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports." description: "Existing law generally prohibits a vehicle from exceeding a length of 40 feet, and a combination of vehicles from exceeding a total length of 65 feet, with various specific exceptions. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation or local authorities, with regard to highways under their respective jurisdiction, to issue a special permit authorizing the operation of a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor semitrailer combination with a maximum length from kingpin to rearmost axle measurement of not more than 46 feet, if the trailers are used exclusively or primarily in connection with motorsports, as defined." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 1174" citation: "California SB 1174 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Walters"] version_count: 7 action_count: 29 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2012-02-22" last_action: "2012-09-11" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce4483bb-2820-4bdd-8c93-3af41196fbb3" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174" source_hash: "be50a70788c7a322d175b7cdb31dbe8eb0520764c72b415f8b70dac3adce8161" 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 SB 1174 (20112012) — Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports. Existing law generally prohibits a vehicle from exceeding a length of 40 feet, and a combination of vehicles from exceeding a total length of 65 feet, with various specific exceptions. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation or local authorities, with regard to highways under their respective jurisdiction, to issue a special permit authorizing the operation of a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor semitrailer combination with a maximum length from kingpin to rearmost axle measurement of not more than 46 feet, if the trailers are used exclusively or primarily in connection with motorsports, as defined. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174&version=20110SB117499INT) 2. **04/12/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174&version=20110SB117498AMD) 3. **05/01/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174&version=20110SB117497AMD) 4. **06/27/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174&version=20110SB117496AMD) 5. **09/11/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174&version=20110SB117494CHP) 6. **SB1174** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174) 7. **08/23/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174&version=20110SB117495ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading — **30–2** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB1174 Walters Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - SB 1174 Walters Senate Third Reading By HUFFMAN — **77–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Walters — primary (person) - Emmerson — coauthor (person) - La Malfa — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2012-02-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2012-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. - **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee` - **2012-03-02** Set for hearing April 10. - **2012-04-04** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2012-04-05** Set for hearing April 24. - **2012-04-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2012-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3314.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2012-05-04** Set for hearing May 14. - **2012-05-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2012-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2012-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 3553.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2012-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2012-06-04** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2012-06-18** Hearing postponed by committee. - **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2012-06-27** (Corrected July 2.) - **2012-08-08** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6066.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2012-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2012-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4683.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2012-08-22** (Corrected August 27.) - **2012-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2012-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2012-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 292, Statutes of 2012. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce4483bb-2820-4bdd-8c93-3af41196fbb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).