republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1658.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: specialized license plates."
description: "Under existing law, the Department of Motor Vehicles issues environmental and other specialized license plates. The issuance of some of those license plates is subject to additional fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1658"
citation: "California AB 1658 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: specialized license plates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gatto"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-14"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5749ec2-cecb-4c66-823a-506582459f88"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1658"
source_hash: "771e04ee517e0df596975300163cb0a3e77e58c61b9abf974469218729b4414c"
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 1658 (20112012) — Vehicles: specialized license plates.

Under existing law, the Department of Motor Vehicles issues environmental and other specialized license plates. The issuance of some of those license plates is subject to additional fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1658&version=20110AB165899INT)
2. **04/11/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1658&version=20110AB165898AMD)
3. **06/18/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1658&version=20110AB165897AMD)
4. **06/28/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1658&version=20110AB165896AMD)
5. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1658&version=20110AB165895AMD)
6. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1658&version=20110AB165893CHP)
7. **AB1658** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1658)
8. **08/20/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1658&version=20110AB165894ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1658 Gatto By La Malfa — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1658 GATTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1658 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gatto — primary (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2012-02-23** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-11** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5091.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-18** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4483.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5946.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:05 p.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 720, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5749ec2-cecb-4c66-823a-506582459f88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).