---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: motor carrier."
description: "Existing law prohibits a motor carrier of property from operating a commercial motor vehicle on any public highway unless the carrier holds a valid motor carrier permit, as specified. Existing law also prohibits a person from contracting with, or otherwise engaging the services of, a motor carrier of property unless that motor carrier holds a valid motor carrier permit. A violation of these provisions is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 306"
citation: "California AB 306 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: motor carrier."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a71c953-42b6-45e6-9a23-57d0c684f12c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB306"
source_hash: "4f2cd8c5ded6f9fa801d7183a0818f07645d3018b768d15d6d27489508dfb933"
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 306 (20132014) — Vehicles: motor carrier.

Existing law prohibits a motor carrier of property from operating a commercial motor vehicle on any public highway unless the carrier holds a valid motor carrier permit, as specified. Existing law also prohibits a person from contracting with, or otherwise engaging the services of, a motor carrier of property unless that motor carrier holds a valid motor carrier permit. A violation of these provisions is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB306&version=20130AB30699INT)
2. **05/09/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB306&version=20130AB30698AMD)
3. **05/29/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB306&version=20130AB30697AMD)
4. **08/13/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB306&version=20130AB30695CHP)
5. **AB306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB306)
6. **07/10/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB306&version=20130AB30696ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 306 LOWENTHAL Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 306 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1121.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** 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`
- **2013-05-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-05-29** 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`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1606.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-07-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2284.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 96, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a71c953-42b6-45e6-9a23-57d0c684f12c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).