--- type: "Bill" title: "Vehicles: specialized license plates." description: "Existing law authorizes a person who is a firefighter, retired firefighter, or a surviving family member of a firefighter or retired firefighter to apply for special license plates for their vehicle. The special license plates, which contain the words \"California Firefighter\" and run in a regular numerical series, are issued upon application to the Department of Motor Vehicles, presentation of proof of certain facts, and payment of certain fees, including $35 for a renewal of registration that includes the continued display of the special license plate." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 374" citation: "California SB 374 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vehicles", "specialized license plates"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Ashby"] version_count: 6 action_count: 25 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2023-02-09" last_action: "2023-10-08" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25dce6f0-9a4f-4dd1-98dd-a66e1766e592" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374" source_hash: "7dacb1d3d5f6dc832d422a53119ddfffac8546a4872554dab6322ec8791b8a04" 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 374 (20232024) — Vehicles: specialized license plates. Existing law authorizes a person who is a firefighter, retired firefighter, or a surviving family member of a firefighter or retired firefighter to apply for special license plates for their vehicle. The special license plates, which contain the words "California Firefighter" and run in a regular numerical series, are issued upon application to the Department of Motor Vehicles, presentation of proof of certain facts, and payment of certain fees, including $35 for a renewal of registration that includes the continued display of the special license plate. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374&version=20230SB37499INT) 2. **03/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374&version=20230SB37498AMD) 3. **06/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374&version=20230SB37497AMD) 4. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374&version=20230SB37495CHP) 5. **SB374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374) 6. **09/05/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374&version=20230SB37496ENR) ## Votes - Special Consent SB374 Ashby et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar SB374 Ashby et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper - SB 374 Ashby Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Ashby — primary (person) - Dodd — coauthor (person) - Flora — coauthor (person) - McGuire — coauthor (person) - Wiener — coauthor (person) - Wood — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12. - **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-07** Set for hearing March 28. - **2023-03-13** 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` - **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 579.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-03-30** Set for hearing April 10. - **2023-04-10** April 10 hearing postponed by committee. - **2023-04-11** Set for hearing April 17. - **2023-04-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2023-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-04-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 814.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-04-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-05-04** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-14** 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` - **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2801.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2023-08-29** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2023-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2240.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 602, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25dce6f0-9a4f-4dd1-98dd-a66e1766e592`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).