--- type: "Bill" title: "Vehicles: trailers." description: "Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to require an examination for issuance of a driver's license. The examination is required to be appropriate to the type of motor vehicle or combination of vehicles the applicant desires a license to drive or tow, in accordance with certain license classifications. A class C driver's license includes the operation of, among other vehicles, a 2-axle vehicle weighing 4,000 pounds or more unladen when towing either a trailer coach or a 5th-wheel travel trailer not exceeding 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating when the towing of the trailer is not for compensation. If the towed 5th-wheel trailer exceeds 10,000 pounds, but is less than 15,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, and towing is not for compensation, existing law requires the holder of a class C driver's license to also pass a specialized written examination. Existing law authorizes the department to issue a restricted class A driver's license for the operation of a two-axle vehicle weighing 4,000 pounds or more unladen when towing either a trailer coach exceeding 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or a 5th-wheel travel trailer exceeding 15,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, when the towing of the trailer is not for compensation." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 287" citation: "California SB 287 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vehicles: trailers."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Grove"] version_count: 7 action_count: 34 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2021-02-01" last_action: "2021-10-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a62bd92b-5f0d-47d3-8a57-2a3e5f23b86c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB287" source_hash: "8296a60bddc7c81be0b44a0760b26fa7ce53a2518e1f70ecdf235e34f57e2e92" 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 287 (20212022) — Vehicles: trailers. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to require an examination for issuance of a driver's license. The examination is required to be appropriate to the type of motor vehicle or combination of vehicles the applicant desires a license to drive or tow, in accordance with certain license classifications. A class C driver's license includes the operation of, among other vehicles, a 2-axle vehicle weighing 4,000 pounds or more unladen when towing either a trailer coach or a 5th-wheel travel trailer not exceeding 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating when the towing of the trailer is not for compensation. If the towed 5th-wheel trailer exceeds 10,000 pounds, but is less than 15,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, and towing is not for compensation, existing law requires the holder of a class C driver's license to also pass a specialized written examination. Existing law authorizes the department to issue a restricted class A driver's license for the operation of a two-axle vehicle weighing 4,000 pounds or more unladen when towing either a trailer coach exceeding 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or a 5th-wheel travel trailer exceeding 15,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, when the towing of the trailer is not for compensation. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/01/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB287&version=20210SB28799INT) 2. **03/05/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB287&version=20210SB28798AMD) 3. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB287&version=20210SB28797AMD) 4. **09/03/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB287&version=20210SB28796AMD) 5. **10/07/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB287&version=20210SB28794CHP) 6. **SB287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB287) 7. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB287&version=20210SB28795ENR) ## Votes - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB287 Grove Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent SB287 — **39–0** (pass) · upper - SB 287 Grove Senate Third Reading By Low — **80–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Grove — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2021-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4. - **2021-02-10** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. - **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) - **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.) - **2021-03-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2021-03-24** Set for hearing April 13. - **2021-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 779.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3. - **2021-04-29** May 3 hearing postponed by committee. - **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10. - **2021-05-10** May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20. - **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1186.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-05-24** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1343.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2021-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-09-03** Ordered to third reading. - **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2913.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2021-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2555.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m. - **2021-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2021-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 610, Statutes of 2021. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a62bd92b-5f0d-47d3-8a57-2a3e5f23b86c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).