---
type: "Bill"
title: "License plates: obstruction or alteration."
description: "Existing law prohibits a person from erasing the reflective coating of, painting over the reflective coating of, or altering a license plate to avoid visual or electronic capture of the license plate or its characters by state or local law enforcement. A violation of this provision is an infraction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2111"
citation: "California AB 2111 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["License plates", "obstruction or alteration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wallis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/237a9ff1-5c64-4eb8-ad5a-a8aa11e7bef0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2111"
source_hash: "8b151b24b3d72b44bc5d6f66c283eb3e8148ccf98dc23dd26d48b08693a01676"
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 AB 2111 (20232024) — License plates: obstruction or alteration.

Existing law prohibits a person from erasing the reflective coating of, painting over the reflective coating of, or altering a license plate to avoid visual or electronic capture of the license plate or its characters by state or local law enforcement. A violation of this provision is an infraction.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2111&version=20230AB211199INT)
2. **07/02/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2111&version=20230AB211197CHP)
3. **AB2111** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2111)
4. **06/18/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2111&version=20230AB211198ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2111 Wallis Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wallis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
- **2024-02-20** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5087.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-15** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4491.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-06-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 59, 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/237a9ff1-5c64-4eb8-ad5a-a8aa11e7bef0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).