Existing law requires a county to establish a one-time amnesty program for fines and bail for an infraction violation of the Vehicle Code, except for parking violations, and specified reckless driving and driving-under-the-influence (DUI) offenses. Existing law allows a person owing a fine or bail that is eligible for amnesty under this program to pay to the superior or juvenile court 50% of the total fine or bail, as defined, which must be accepted by the court in full satisfaction of the delinquent fine or bail.
California AB 1358 (20112012) — Vehicles: misdemeanor violations: amnesty.
Existing law requires a county to establish a one-time amnesty program for fines and bail for an infraction violation of the Vehicle Code, except for parking violations, and specified reckless driving and driving-under-the-influence (DUI) offenses. Existing law allows a person owing a fine or bail that is eligible for amnesty under this program to pay to the superior or juvenile court 50% of the total fine or bail, as defined, which must be accepted by the court in full satisfaction of the delinquent fine or bail.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1358 FUENTES Assembly Third Reading — 74–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1358 FUENTES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Fuentes — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2011-03-21 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and TRANS. referral-committee
2011-04-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 1555.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2011-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-27 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2011-08-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-29 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2203.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-09-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-09-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 2924.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 662, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c1dc7c7-ea81-4c79-a115-a0c0778a85f3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).