republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-674.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: registration fees."
description: "Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2012, the imposition of a $1 fee, upon adoption of a resolution by a county board of supervisors, in addition to other specified vehicle registration fees, on certain vehicles. Existing law also imposes, until January 1, 2012, in addition to that fee, a $2 service fee on all commercial vehicles, upon implementation of the permanent trailer identification plate program. Existing law provides that the money generated by these fees and paid to the Controller is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for disbursement by the Controller to each county that has adopted a resolution as described above, and that the money so disbursed may only be used for programs that enhance the capacity of local law enforcement to provide fingerprint identification of individuals who may be involved in driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, vehicular manslaughter, other vehicle-related crimes, and other crimes committed while operating a motor vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 674"
citation: "California AB 674 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: registration fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonilla"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3dd09258-8cca-452d-81e2-2cd7dd4fe14f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB674"
source_hash: "76f5e803ff18fd454ee158a0414ec17f1ed1044d973885d6812d96dd75a0def7"
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 674 (20112012) — Vehicles: registration fees.

Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2012, the imposition of a $1 fee, upon adoption of a resolution by a county board of supervisors, in addition to other specified vehicle registration fees, on certain vehicles. Existing law also imposes, until January 1, 2012, in addition to that fee, a $2 service fee on all commercial vehicles, upon implementation of the permanent trailer identification plate program. Existing law provides that the money generated by these fees and paid to the Controller is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for disbursement by the Controller to each county that has adopted a resolution as described above, and that the money so disbursed may only be used for programs that enhance the capacity of local law enforcement to provide fingerprint identification of individuals who may be involved in driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, vehicular manslaughter, other vehicle-related crimes, and other crimes committed while operating a motor vehicle.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB674&version=20110AB67499INT)
2. **04/06/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB674&version=20110AB67498AMD)
3. **09/01/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB674&version=20110AB67496CHP)
4. **AB674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB674)
5. **08/22/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB674&version=20110AB67497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 674 BONILLA Assembly Third Reading — **53–24** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB674 Bonilla By DeSaulnier — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonilla — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 1653.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (July 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 1966.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 205, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3dd09258-8cca-452d-81e2-2cd7dd4fe14f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).