---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: impoundment."
description: "Existing law allows a peace officer to arrest a person and seize the motor vehicle of the person if a peace officer determines that the person was engaged in a motor vehicle speed contest, reckless driving, or an exhibition of speed on a highway. Existing law allows a vehicle seized under this provision to be impounded for up to 30 days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2186"
citation: "California AB 2186 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles", "impoundment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wallis"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/188e6b9d-b344-45a4-8369-d7b0392e4cd3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2186"
source_hash: "d3acc9083c432b8f4e8bcf9e45a0370221a8c55416ecebe1d8c09c7ad7ceb757"
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 2186 (20232024) — Vehicles: impoundment.

Existing law allows a peace officer to arrest a person and seize the motor vehicle of the person if a peace officer determines that the person was engaged in a motor vehicle speed contest, reckless driving, or an exhibition of speed on a highway. Existing law allows a vehicle seized under this provision to be impounded for up to 30 days.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2186&version=20230AB218699INT)
2. **04/15/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2186&version=20230AB218698AMD)
3. **06/06/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2186&version=20230AB218697AMD)
4. **09/23/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2186&version=20230AB218695CHP)
5. **AB2186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2186)
6. **09/04/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2186&version=20230AB218696ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2186 Wallis By Seyarto — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2186 Vince Fong Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2186 Wallis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wallis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5444.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 502, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/188e6b9d-b344-45a4-8369-d7b0392e4cd3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).