---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: consumer notices."
description: "Existing law requires any new motor vehicles sold in the state to have certain notices to the consumer either affixed to the vehicle or provided to the buyer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1398"
citation: "California SB 1398 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: consumer notices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31a55d4e-cc68-4af8-b497-13d526cf24ae"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1398"
source_hash: "2f7043e59b499da35fa686148ff834c36594955a63cffeaa49a9b3d3ee53e82c"
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 1398 (20212022) — Vehicles: consumer notices.

Existing law requires any new motor vehicles sold in the state to have certain notices to the consumer either affixed to the vehicle or provided to the buyer.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1398&version=20210SB139899INT)
2. **03/14/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1398&version=20210SB139898AMD)
3. **05/02/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1398&version=20210SB139897AMD)
4. **06/13/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1398&version=20210SB139896AMD)
5. **06/29/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1398&version=20210SB139895AMD)
6. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1398&version=20210SB139893CHP)
7. **SB1398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1398)
8. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1398&version=20210SB139894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1398 Gonzalez Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1398 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By Cunningham — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-22** From printer.
- **2022-03-09** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-14** 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`
- **2022-03-23** Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 26 in JUD. pending receipt.
- **2022-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 3441.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3515.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2022-05-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-09** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-12** From consent calendar on motion of Senator Wilk.
- **2022-05-12** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 3830.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-27** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5306.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2022-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 308, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31a55d4e-cc68-4af8-b497-13d526cf24ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).