--- type: "Bill" title: "Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports." description: "Existing law generally prohibits a vehicle from exceeding a length of 40 feet, and a combination of vehicles from exceeding a total length of 65 feet, with various specific exceptions. Existing law, until January 1, 2016, exempts from these provisions a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor semitrailer combination with a kingpin to rearmost axle measurement limit of not more than 46 feet, a trailer length of not more than 56 feet, and used exclusively or primarily in connection with motorsports, as defined." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20132014" identifier: "SB 1175" citation: "California SB 1175 (20132014)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Walters"] version_count: 8 action_count: 28 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2014-02-20" last_action: "2014-09-29" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec41d2c8-4a9a-4544-a24f-9294a5552a57" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175" source_hash: "9961dbb038cce02973c0d7f6a7c488a090f6f726e9d1df3c8f352e899f075f5d" 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 1175 (20132014) — Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports. Existing law generally prohibits a vehicle from exceeding a length of 40 feet, and a combination of vehicles from exceeding a total length of 65 feet, with various specific exceptions. Existing law, until January 1, 2016, exempts from these provisions a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor semitrailer combination with a kingpin to rearmost axle measurement limit of not more than 46 feet, a trailer length of not more than 56 feet, and used exclusively or primarily in connection with motorsports, as defined. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117599INT) 2. **04/29/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117598AMD) 3. **05/12/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117597AMD) 4. **06/25/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117596AMD) 5. **08/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117595AMD) 6. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117593CHP) 7. **SB1175** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175) 8. **08/28/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117594ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - SB 1175 Walters Senate Third Reading By MELENDEZ — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Supp 1 SB1175 Walters Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **10–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Walters — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2014-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction` - **2014-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23. - **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee` - **2014-04-03** Set for hearing May 6. - **2014-04-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-05-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3387.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2014-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2014-05-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee` - **2014-05-14** Set for hearing May 19. - **2014-05-19** Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2014-05-20** Set for hearing May 23. - **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3711.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3604.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2014-06-02** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2014-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **2014-08-06** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage` - **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6424.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage` - **2014-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2014-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4875.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m. - **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 786, Statutes of 2014. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec41d2c8-4a9a-4544-a24f-9294a5552a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).