--- type: "Bill" title: "Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles: off-highway motorcycles: sanctioned event permit." description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to issue to a nonresident of this state a special permit to operate an off-highway motor vehicle. Existing law requires the fee for this special permit to be not less than $20, as established by the department." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 708" citation: "California SB 708 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vehicles", "off-highway motor vehicles", "off-highway motorcycles", "sanctioned event permit"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jones"] version_count: 6 action_count: 27 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2023-02-16" last_action: "2024-09-22" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49fa150c-bfff-47c4-bb66-900f48866bd0" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB708" source_hash: "ef0edc21e08e03c96b6eb7159cd7885d3ae4caa8b87688edb91bbfe5aa7104fd" 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 SB 708 (20232024) — Vehicles: off-highway motor vehicles: off-highway motorcycles: sanctioned event permit. Existing law authorizes the Department of Parks and Recreation to issue to a nonresident of this state a special permit to operate an off-highway motor vehicle. Existing law requires the fee for this special permit to be not less than $20, as established by the department. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB708&version=20230SB70899INT) 2. **03/29/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB708&version=20230SB70898AMD) 3. **05/29/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB708&version=20230SB70897AMD) 4. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB708&version=20230SB70895CHP) 5. **SB708** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB708) 6. **08/30/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB708&version=20230SB70896ENR) ## Votes - Consent Calendar — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - SB 708 Jones Senate Third Reading By Garcia — **59–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Transportation] — **10–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **12–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Jones — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19. - **2023-03-01** Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-07** Set for hearing March 28. - **2023-03-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 547.) (March 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-03-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 25. - **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 904.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8. - **2023-05-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2023-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1054.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-05-18** Referred to Coms. on W., P., & W. and TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-06** June 6 hearing postponed by committee. - **2024-05-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 0. Page 6445.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-08-27** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2024-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5611.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 446, 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/49fa150c-bfff-47c4-bb66-900f48866bd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).