--- type: "Bill" title: "New Motor Vehicle Board." description: "Existing law establishes the New Motor Vehicle Board in the Department of Motor Vehicles, and requires the board to hear and decide certain protests presented by a motor vehicle franchisee in regard to a dispute with the vehicle manufacturer. Prior law, until January 1, 2019, authorized the board to hear protests by an association challenging the legality of an export or sale-for-resale prohibition policy of a manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, or distributor branch and established procedures for hearing those protests, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "AB 179" citation: "California AB 179 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["New Motor Vehicle Board."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"] version_count: 6 action_count: 25 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2019-01-09" last_action: "2019-10-12" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64cacf88-f38c-4c50-ab2a-a3b0a9f3f2e1" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB179" source_hash: "3d1d551528ed1a16c388d80d1b3ed693bb89543cc804b38e566c0e653e71ba13" 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 179 (20192020) — New Motor Vehicle Board. Existing law establishes the New Motor Vehicle Board in the Department of Motor Vehicles, and requires the board to hear and decide certain protests presented by a motor vehicle franchisee in regard to a dispute with the vehicle manufacturer. Prior law, until January 1, 2019, authorized the board to hear protests by an association challenging the legality of an export or sale-for-resale prohibition policy of a manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, or distributor branch and established procedures for hearing those protests, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/09/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB179&version=20190AB17999INT) 2. **05/20/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB179&version=20190AB17998AMD) 3. **08/26/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB179&version=20190AB17997AMD) 4. **10/12/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB179&version=20190AB17995CHP) 5. **AB179** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB179) 6. **09/06/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB179&version=20190AB17996ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **13–0** (pass) · upper - AB 179 Reyes Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB179 Reyes By Jones — **40–0** (pass) · upper - AB 179 Reyes Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Reyes — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2019-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9. - **2019-01-24** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2019-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-05-06** From Consent Calendar. - **2019-05-06** Ordered to third reading. - **2019-05-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1722.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2012.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2019-06-06** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2019-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-08-12** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2019-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-08-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2453.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2019-09-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3012.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2019-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2019-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2019-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 796, Statutes of 2019. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64cacf88-f38c-4c50-ab2a-a3b0a9f3f2e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).