republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1515.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: Electronic Lien and Title (ELT) Program."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon registering a vehicle, to issue a certificate of ownership to the legal owner and a registration card to the registered owner, or both to the registered owner, if there is no legal owner of the vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1515"
citation: "California AB 1515 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: Electronic Lien and Title (ELT) Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eng"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71d48de9-7cab-4552-b84d-7caab3a5be4a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1515"
source_hash: "371d172906a786ad134a6211f83543a75412b082d46afbf6d26020898aebb46b"
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 1515 (20092010) — Vehicles: Electronic Lien and Title (ELT) Program.

Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon registering a vehicle, to issue a certificate of ownership to the legal owner and a registration card to the registered owner, or both to the registered owner, if there is no legal owner of the vehicle.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1515&version=20090AB151599INT)
2. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1515&version=20090AB151598AMD)
3. **04/29/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1515&version=20090AB151597AMD)
4. **06/25/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1515&version=20090AB151596AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1515&version=20090AB151594CHP)
6. **AB1515** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1515)
7. **08/25/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1515&version=20090AB151595ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #13 AB1515 Eng — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1515 ENG Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1515 ENG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eng — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1769.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-07-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1767.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2656.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2009-09-08** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 540, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71d48de9-7cab-4552-b84d-7caab3a5be4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).