--- type: "Bill" title: "Off-highway electric motorcycles." description: "Existing law defines an off-highway motor vehicle as a motor vehicle that operates on lands, other than a highway, that are open and accessible to the public, as specified. Existing law establishes rules for the operation of an off-highway vehicle and imposes specified safety requirements, including, among other things, a requirement that a person operating an off-highway vehicle wear a safety helmet. Existing law requires every off-highway motor vehicle that is not registered under the Vehicle Code to display an identification plate or device issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, except as specified. A violation of these rules and requirements is a crime." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "SB 586" citation: "California SB 586 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Off-highwayelectricmotorcycles"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jones"] version_count: 7 action_count: 30 vote_count: 10 first_action: "2025-02-20" last_action: "2025-10-10" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90200e57-60b5-4361-8927-579f0ef50f0e" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586" source_hash: "40339a87151a764bab839c4654f60081a7a5326a7cdb0ad768ad9075da3698b4" 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 586 (20252026) — Off-highway electric motorcycles. Existing law defines an off-highway motor vehicle as a motor vehicle that operates on lands, other than a highway, that are open and accessible to the public, as specified. Existing law establishes rules for the operation of an off-highway vehicle and imposes specified safety requirements, including, among other things, a requirement that a person operating an off-highway vehicle wear a safety helmet. Existing law requires every off-highway motor vehicle that is not registered under the Vehicle Code to display an identification plate or device issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, except as specified. A violation of these rules and requirements is a crime. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586&version=20250SB58699INT) 2. **04/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586&version=20250SB58698AMD) 3. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586&version=20250SB58697AMD) 4. **07/16/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586&version=20250SB58696AMD) 5. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586&version=20250SB58694CHP) 6. **SB586** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586) 7. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586&version=20250SB58695ENR) ## Votes - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] — **14–0** (pass) · upper - SB 586 Jones Senate Third Reading By Jeff Gonzalez — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB586 Jones et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Jones — primary (person) - Jeff Gonzalez — coauthor (person) - Sanchez — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23. - **2025-03-05** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and N.R. & W. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-25** Set for hearing April 8. - **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 710.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 22. - **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 839.) (April 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-04-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-04-29** Set for hearing May 5. - **2025-05-01** May 5 hearing postponed by committee. - **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12. - **2025-05-12** May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23. - **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1205.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1516.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-06-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2025-06-16** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and W. P., & W. `referral-committee` - **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W. P., & W. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-07-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3071.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2874.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 588, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90200e57-60b5-4361-8927-579f0ef50f0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).