--- type: "Bill" title: "Vehicle history reports." description: "Existing law, with certain exceptions, prohibits a dealer from displaying or offering for sale at retail a used vehicle unless the dealer first obtains a vehicle history report from the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) . Existing law authorizes the NMVTIS data provider to include in the vehicle history report additional history information obtained from resources other than NMVTIS, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "AB 1871" citation: "California AB 1871 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vehicle history reports."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"] version_count: 7 action_count: 24 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2022-02-08" last_action: "2022-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d3d94b8-02dd-4489-b1b8-522ac11071fe" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1871" source_hash: "40632a73985d5fc5a626319b521b35ffb53f80eb21425c269f9efab8de41a6ed" 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 1871 (20212022) — Vehicle history reports. Existing law, with certain exceptions, prohibits a dealer from displaying or offering for sale at retail a used vehicle unless the dealer first obtains a vehicle history report from the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System (NMVTIS) . Existing law authorizes the NMVTIS data provider to include in the vehicle history report additional history information obtained from resources other than NMVTIS, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/08/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1871&version=20210AB187199INT) 2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1871&version=20210AB187198AMD) 3. **04/21/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1871&version=20210AB187197AMD) 4. **06/20/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1871&version=20210AB187196AMD) 5. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1871&version=20210AB187194CHP) 6. **AB1871** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1871) 7. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1871&version=20210AB187195ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · upper - AB 1871 Calderon Assembly Third Reading — **55–1** (pass) · lower - AB 1871 Calderon Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **67–1** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB1871 Calderon By Umberg — **34–4** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Calderon — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2022-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 11. - **2022-03-24** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2022-04-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-04-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4366.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 1. Page 4403.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2022-05-04** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-07-13** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2022-08-01** Withdrawn from committee. - **2022-08-01** Ordered to second reading. - **2022-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 4952.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2022-08-23** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.) - **2022-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 1. Page 6063.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 863, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5d3d94b8-02dd-4489-b1b8-522ac11071fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).