---
type: "Bill"
title: "Voter-approved local assessment: vehicles."
description: "Existing law authorizes certain counties to impose a local vehicle license fee not exceeding $10 per vehicle, as provided, for the privilege of operating specified vehicles on public roads in the county. Existing law requires a county imposing this fee to contract with the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect and administer the fee, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1492"
citation: "California SB 1492 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Voter-approved local assessment: vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 31
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4dd12df-f4f6-487c-9e4e-eb3e0b2e0c65"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1492"
source_hash: "a43b29c11fd32255ba6740d10f91a97736489a5f6efc99e3252eeb38ec9fe9d9"
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 1492 (20112012) — Voter-approved local assessment: vehicles.

Existing law authorizes certain counties to impose a local vehicle license fee not exceeding $10 per vehicle, as provided, for the privilege of operating specified vehicles on public roads in the county. Existing law requires a county imposing this fee to contract with the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect and administer the fee, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1492&version=20110SB149299INT)
2. **04/09/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1492&version=20110SB149298AMD)
3. **08/22/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1492&version=20110SB149297AMD)
4. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1492&version=20110SB149295CHP)
5. **SB1492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1492)
6. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1492&version=20110SB149296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Transportation and Housing. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 1492 Leno Senate Third Reading By AMMIANO — **46–29** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **22–16** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1492 Leno Concurrence — **21–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-12** Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-13** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 3206.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 3315.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2012-05-07** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2012-05-18** Set for hearing May 24.
- **2012-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3598.) (May 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 16. Page 3648.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** Set, first hearing. Referred to REV. & TAX. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-21** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 29. Page 6356.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 4978.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 838, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4dd12df-f4f6-487c-9e4e-eb3e0b2e0c65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).