republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1595.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: recreational off-highway vehicles."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes rules for the operation of, and requirements for equipment of, an off-highway vehicle. A violation of these rules and requirements is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1595"
citation: "California AB 1595 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: recreational off-highway vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-02-06"
last_action: "2012-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8553b42-30ba-4dfa-bb83-1005e0d1ad67"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1595"
source_hash: "7a2d20b999d6fa036b2cbd6a3f79a349e37be0271eb5047c5ad1c94136e98643"
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 1595 (20112012) — Vehicles: recreational off-highway vehicles.

(1) Existing law establishes rules for the operation of, and requirements for equipment of, an off-highway vehicle. A violation of these rules and requirements is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1595&version=20110AB159599INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1595&version=20110AB159598AMD)
3. **05/10/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1595&version=20110AB159597AMD)
4. **05/21/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1595&version=20110AB159596AMD)
5. **07/24/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1595&version=20110AB159594CHP)
6. **AB1595** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1595)
7. **07/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1595&version=20110AB159595ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1595 COOK Assembly Third Reading — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #15 AB1595 Cook By Dutton — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-14** From consent calendar.
- **2012-05-14** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-05-21** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4916.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4977.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-07-05** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4320.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-06** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 165, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8553b42-30ba-4dfa-bb83-1005e0d1ad67`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).