---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: registration: one-trip permits."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person from driving any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) , or it is registered under the permanent trailer identification program, except as specified. Existing law requires the DMV to issue a one-trip permit to a vehicle manufacturer or dealer, upon payment of a $35 fee, which authorizes an unregistered trailer, semitrailer, or auxiliary dolly to be moved or operated laden within the state for not more than 5 days as part of one continuous trip from the place of manufacture, dispatch, or entry into this state to a place where the vehicle will be offered for sale."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 27"
citation: "California AB 27 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: registration: one-trip permits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2014-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee0ff292-b17b-463d-9d56-8d4a4913b1f1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB27"
source_hash: "315f7de6b0b36d2508099012c602ef735bc11c142230dfd83b711aceb5d7d191"
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 27 (20132014) — Vehicles: registration: one-trip permits.

Existing law prohibits a person from driving any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) , or it is registered under the permanent trailer identification program, except as specified. Existing law requires the DMV to issue a one-trip permit to a vehicle manufacturer or dealer, upon payment of a $35 fee, which authorizes an unregistered trailer, semitrailer, or auxiliary dolly to be moved or operated laden within the state for not more than 5 days as part of one continuous trip from the place of manufacture, dispatch, or entry into this state to a place where the vehicle will be offered for sale.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB27&version=20130AB2799INT)
2. **03/13/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB27&version=20130AB2798AMD)
3. **03/21/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB27&version=20130AB2797AMD)
4. **05/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB27&version=20130AB2796AMD)
5. **06/12/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB27&version=20130AB2793AMD)
6. **07/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB27&version=20130AB2795AMD)
7. **09/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB27&version=20130AB2794AMD)
8. **09/09/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB27&version=20130AB2791CHP)
9. **AB27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB27)
10. **08/21/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB27&version=20130AB2792ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 27 MEDINA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB27 Medina By Roth — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- amendments be concurred in. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 27 MEDINA Third Reading Urgency — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Medina — primary (person)
- Linder — coauthor (person)
- Roth — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-12-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
- **2013-01-14** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-03-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1712.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-08** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2013-07-08** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-15** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Roth.
- **2013-09-06** From inactive file.
- **2013-09-06** Ordered to second reading.
- **2013-09-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-10** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2013-09-10** Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-12** 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, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4370.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-11** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-18** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 18). `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6179.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 301, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee0ff292-b17b-463d-9d56-8d4a4913b1f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).