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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vehicles: instruction permit: motorcycle."
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description: "(1) Existing law prohibits a person from driving a 2-wheel motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, motorized scooter, motorized bicycle, moped, or bicycle with an attached motor upon a highway, unless the person holds a valid driver's license or endorsement for that class, with certain exceptions. Existing law allows a person, who is 15 years and 6 months or older who has a valid instruction permit to drive a motor vehicle and who has successfully completed automobile driver education and driver training, and a person who is 17 years and 6 months or older who has a valid instruction permit to drive a motor vehicle, to operate a motorcycle, motorized scooter, or motorized bicycle, with certain exceptions during hours of darkness, on freeways, and for carrying a passenger. Existing law provides that a person under 21 years of age may not be issued a class M1 or M2 license or endorsement to drive a motorcycle, unless he or she provides evidence satisfactory to the Department of Motor Vehicles of completion of a specified motorcycle safety training program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20092010"
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identifier: "AB 1952"
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citation: "California AB 1952 (20092010)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vehicles: instruction permit: motorcycle."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Niello"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2010-02-17"
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last_action: "2010-09-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0018fd7f-62a3-4f9a-9228-af53bf86e414"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952"
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source_hash: "0b7defc3583b5b06ff09b838b5f16f6f9922f1b250780c7f725b7211f9667f1c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1952 (20092010) — Vehicles: instruction permit: motorcycle.
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(1) Existing law prohibits a person from driving a 2-wheel motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, motorized scooter, motorized bicycle, moped, or bicycle with an attached motor upon a highway, unless the person holds a valid driver's license or endorsement for that class, with certain exceptions. Existing law allows a person, who is 15 years and 6 months or older who has a valid instruction permit to drive a motor vehicle and who has successfully completed automobile driver education and driver training, and a person who is 17 years and 6 months or older who has a valid instruction permit to drive a motor vehicle, to operate a motorcycle, motorized scooter, or motorized bicycle, with certain exceptions during hours of darkness, on freeways, and for carrying a passenger. Existing law provides that a person under 21 years of age may not be issued a class M1 or M2 license or endorsement to drive a motorcycle, unless he or she provides evidence satisfactory to the Department of Motor Vehicles of completion of a specified motorcycle safety training program.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952&version=20090AB195299INT)
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2. **06/22/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952&version=20090AB195298AMD)
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3. **07/15/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952&version=20090AB195297AMD)
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4. **08/05/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952&version=20090AB195296AMD)
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5. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952&version=20090AB195294CHP)
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6. **AB1952** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952)
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7. **08/16/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1952&version=20090AB195295ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 1952 NIELLO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1952 Niello By Wolk — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1952 NIELLO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Niello — primary (person)
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- John A. Perez — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2010-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2010-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2010-03-04** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-04-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4942.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2010-05-13** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-06-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2010-06-16** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2010-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2010-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2010-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2010-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2010-08-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 4405.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2010-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6164.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2010-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:50 p.m.
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- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 586, Statutes of 2010.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0018fd7f-62a3-4f9a-9228-af53bf86e414`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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