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Bill	Vehicles: commercial driver's licenses: traffic violator school.	Existing law provides for the licensing and administration by the Department of Motor Vehicles of traffic violator schools, operators, and instructors. Existing law authorizes the court, after a deposit of bail and bail forfeiture, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, to order a continuance of the proceeding against a person who receives a notice to appear in court for a violation of a statute relating to the safe operation of a vehicle, in consideration for completion of a program at a licensed school for traffic violators. The court is authorized to order that the conviction be held confidential, unless the person holds a commercial driver's license or the violation occurred in a commercial vehicle. The court is prohibited from ordering or permitting a person who holds a class A, class B, or commercial class C driver's license to complete a licensed traffic violator school. Existing law requires that no violation point count be assessed if the record of conviction is confidential. The driving privilege of a person whose driving record shows 6 or more points within specified timeframes is subject to suspension or revocation. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1888	California AB 1888 (20112012)	bill	Vehicles: commercial driver's licenses: traffic violator school.	enacted	Gatto	8	26	8	2012-02-22	2012-09-13	openstates	ocd-bill/498d1ca0-ee06-4f62-a49e-685eddff8d9d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1888	66805bb6a7338e3cccf701bc93204726cff427f1968cb1b92d88bb14b59e5974	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1888 (20112012) — Vehicles: commercial driver's licenses: traffic violator school.

Existing law provides for the licensing and administration by the Department of Motor Vehicles of traffic violator schools, operators, and instructors. Existing law authorizes the court, after a deposit of bail and bail forfeiture, a plea of guilty or no contest, or a conviction, to order a continuance of the proceeding against a person who receives a notice to appear in court for a violation of a statute relating to the safe operation of a vehicle, in consideration for completion of a program at a licensed school for traffic violators. The court is authorized to order that the conviction be held confidential, unless the person holds a commercial driver's license or the violation occurred in a commercial vehicle. The court is prohibited from ordering or permitting a person who holds a class A, class B, or commercial class C driver's license to complete a licensed traffic violator school. Existing law requires that no violation point count be assessed if the record of conviction is confidential. The driving privilege of a person whose driving record shows 6 or more points within specified timeframes is subject to suspension or revocation. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/22/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/20/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/13/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/13/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1888 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/29/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1888 Gatto By Lieu — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1888 GATTO Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1888 GATTO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gatto — primary (person)
• Lieu — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2012-03-05 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2012-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-04-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2012-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-25 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-05-21 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5035.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-29 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 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-08-13 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
• 2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4645.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6242.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 302, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/498d1ca0-ee06-4f62-a49e-685eddff8d9d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).