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Bill	Neighborhood electric vehicles.	Existing law defines "low-speed vehicle" for purposes of the Vehicle Code as a motor vehicle, other than a motor truck, with 4 wheels that is capable of a minimum speed of 20 miles per hour and a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour on a paved level surface and that has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds. Existing law imposes certain restrictions on the use of low-speed vehicles on public streets and highways, and generally requires an operator of a low-speed vehicle to have a driver's license. A low-speed vehicle is also known as a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) . A violation of the Vehicle Code is an infraction, unless otherwise specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1781	California AB 1781 (20092010)	bill	Neighborhood electric vehicles.	enacted	Villines	7	24	6	2010-02-09	2010-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/c9539f1a-aabc-4451-b044-6afc5311be4a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1781	dff14930b847a955fca101ba663022b08f6f8fa6723f3a52e3ea4abcf88263ef	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1781 (20092010) — Neighborhood electric vehicles.

Existing law defines "low-speed vehicle" for purposes of the Vehicle Code as a motor vehicle, other than a motor truck, with 4 wheels that is capable of a minimum speed of 20 miles per hour and a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour on a paved level surface and that has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds. Existing law imposes certain restrictions on the use of low-speed vehicles on public streets and highways, and generally requires an operator of a low-speed vehicle to have a driver's license. A low-speed vehicle is also known as a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) . A violation of the Vehicle Code is an infraction, unless otherwise specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/10 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/01/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/11/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/29/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1781 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/24/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1781 Villines By Cogdill — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1781 VILLINES Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1781 VILLINES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Villines — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2010-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
• 2010-02-18 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2010-03-23 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-03-24 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2010-04-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-04-15 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-04-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4821.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-04-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2010-05-06 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2010-06-16 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2010-06-28 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2010-06-30 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2010-07-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-11 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-12 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2010-08-18 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 4586.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2010-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2010-08-19 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6373.)
• 2010-08-19 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6383.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2010-08-26 Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
• 2010-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2010-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 452, Statutes of 2010.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9539f1a-aabc-4451-b044-6afc5311be4a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).