--- type: "Bill" title: "Vehicles: manufacturers and distributors." description: "Existing law generally requires a manufacturer branch, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, transporter, or dealer of vehicles to be licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Under existing law, it is unlawful for a manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, or distributor branch to engage in specified activity. Violation of this law is a crime." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20112012" identifier: "SB 642" citation: "California SB 642 (20112012)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vehicles: manufacturers and distributors."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"] version_count: 7 action_count: 26 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2011-02-18" last_action: "2011-09-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e70182b-c13a-47a6-84ba-ea9e4faa6d22" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642" source_hash: "03db3649835f6333b49dae05697074ae4843542494ad814b5c4236911c4af2fd" 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 642 (20112012) — Vehicles: manufacturers and distributors. Existing law generally requires a manufacturer branch, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, transporter, or dealer of vehicles to be licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Under existing law, it is unlawful for a manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, or distributor branch to engage in specified activity. Violation of this law is a crime. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642&version=20110SB64299INT) 2. **06/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642&version=20110SB64298AMD) 3. **06/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642&version=20110SB64297AMD) 4. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642&version=20110SB64296AMD) 5. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642&version=20110SB64294CHP) 6. **SB642** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642) 7. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642&version=20110SB64295ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **10–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB642 Padilla Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper - SB 642 Padilla Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — **72–1** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Padilla — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2011-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21. - **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2011-04-14** Set for hearing April 26. - **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 765.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 9. - **2011-05-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1035.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-05-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2011-05-27** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2011-06-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-06-21** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2011-06-28** Hearing postponed by committee. - **2011-06-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2011-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2584.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2011-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2151.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 342, Statutes of 2011. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e70182b-c13a-47a6-84ba-ea9e4faa6d22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).