republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-2471.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: identification cards and driver's licenses."
description: "Existing law prohibits the manufacturing or sale of identification documents that are substantially similar to identification cards and driver's licenses issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $1,000, no part of which may be suspended, and 24 hours of community service during hours when the person is not employed and is not attending school."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2471"
citation: "California AB 2471 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: identification cards and driver's licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Perez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b22dd00b-8ae1-46de-bba5-b64da5224369"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2471"
source_hash: "c0c22711d7fcb93d54f749bb9427e2982445ab9dcfda610b898fc51c436768d2"
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 2471 (20092010) — Vehicles: identification cards and driver's licenses.

Existing law prohibits the manufacturing or sale of identification documents that are substantially similar to identification cards and driver's licenses issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of $1,000, no part of which may be suspended, and 24 hours of community service during hours when the person is not employed and is not attending school.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2471&version=20090AB247199INT)
2. **04/12/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2471&version=20090AB247198AMD)
3. **04/27/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2471&version=20090AB247197AMD)
4. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2471&version=20090AB247195CHP)
5. **AB2471** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2471)
6. **08/20/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2471&version=20090AB247196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2471 John A. Perez By Correa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2471 PEREZ, J. Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John A. Perez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-12** 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`
- **2010-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5131.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-05-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 4589.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-18** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 684, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b22dd00b-8ae1-46de-bba5-b64da5224369`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).