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Bill	Neighborhood electric vehicles.	Existing law defines "low-speed vehicle" for purposes of the Vehicle Code as a motor vehicle, other than a motor truck, with 4 wheels that is capable of a minimum speed of 20 miles per hour and a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour on a paved level surface and that has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds. Existing law imposes certain restrictions on the use of low-speed vehicles on public streets and highways, and generally requires an operator of a low-speed vehicle to have a driver's license. A low-speed vehicle is also known as a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) . A violation of the Vehicle Code is an infraction, unless otherwise specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 61	California AB 61 (20112012)	bill	Neighborhood electric vehicles.	enacted	Jeffries	5	20	5	2010-12-07	2011-08-04	openstates	ocd-bill/370f2013-d06a-4a53-9b09-2004a69ad4da	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB61	f036c27132897b43a9aab585fb3c686a7f2820ad0e462c2db42ba2308f7e53f5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 61 (20112012) — Neighborhood electric vehicles.

Existing law defines "low-speed vehicle" for purposes of the Vehicle Code as a motor vehicle, other than a motor truck, with 4 wheels that is capable of a minimum speed of 20 miles per hour and a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour on a paved level surface and that has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds. Existing law imposes certain restrictions on the use of low-speed vehicles on public streets and highways, and generally requires an operator of a low-speed vehicle to have a driver's license. A low-speed vehicle is also known as a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) . A violation of the Vehicle Code is an infraction, unless otherwise specified.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/08/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/04/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB61 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/13/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 61 JEFFRIES Consent Calendar Second Day — 60–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB61 Jeffries By Emmerson — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jeffries — primary (person)
• Emmerson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-12-07 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2010-12-08 From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
• 2011-01-03 Read first time. reading-1
• 2011-01-27 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2011-03-08 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
• 2011-03-09 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2011-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-06 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-04-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 981.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-04-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-05-12 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2011-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-27 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2011-06-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-07-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1782.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-07-11 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2011-07-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2011-08-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-08-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 170, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/370f2013-d06a-4a53-9b09-2004a69ad4da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).