---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle retirement and replacement."
description: "(1) Existing law creates the enhanced fleet modernization program to provide compensation for the retirement and replacement of passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 188"
citation: "California AB 188 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle retirement and replacement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef8b245a-68a5-4c80-aa17-856200956d38"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB188"
source_hash: "38c411ccb828ba4203efba1230b381f66af7e5c0d5ae1c2e53c878ff89e13681"
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 188 (20172018) — Vehicle retirement and replacement.

(1) Existing law creates the enhanced fleet modernization program to provide compensation for the retirement and replacement of passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/19/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB188&version=20170AB18899INT)
2. **05/26/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB188&version=20170AB18898AMD)
3. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB188&version=20170AB18897AMD)
4. **10/10/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB188&version=20170AB18895CHP)
5. **AB188** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB188)
6. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB188&version=20170AB18896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 188 Salas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 188 SALAS Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent Calendar # AB188 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB188 Salas et al. By Lara — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salas — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Medina — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-03-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1924.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-08-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2349.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
- **2017-09-05** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2017-09-05** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2017-09-08** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2753.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
- **2017-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3332.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 629, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef8b245a-68a5-4c80-aa17-856200956d38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).