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Bill	Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports.	Existing law generally prohibits a vehicle from exceeding a length of 40 feet, and a combination of vehicles from exceeding a total length of 65 feet, with various specific exceptions. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation or local authorities, with regard to highways under their respective jurisdiction, to issue a special permit authorizing the operation of a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor semitrailer combination with a maximum length from kingpin to rearmost axle measurement of not more than 46 feet, if the trailers are used exclusively or primarily in connection with motorsports, as defined.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 1174	California SB 1174 (20112012)	bill	Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports.	enacted	Walters	7	29	6	2012-02-22	2012-09-11	openstates	ocd-bill/ce4483bb-2820-4bdd-8c93-3af41196fbb3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174	be50a70788c7a322d175b7cdb31dbe8eb0520764c72b415f8b70dac3adce8161	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1174 (20112012) — Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports.

Existing law generally prohibits a vehicle from exceeding a length of 40 feet, and a combination of vehicles from exceeding a total length of 65 feet, with various specific exceptions. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation or local authorities, with regard to highways under their respective jurisdiction, to issue a special permit authorizing the operation of a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor semitrailer combination with a maximum length from kingpin to rearmost axle measurement of not more than 46 feet, if the trailers are used exclusively or primarily in connection with motorsports, as defined.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/12/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/01/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/27/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/11/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1174 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading — 30–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1174 Walters Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 1174 Walters Senate Third Reading By HUFFMAN — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Walters — primary (person)
• Emmerson — coauthor (person)
• La Malfa — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-22 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2012-02-23 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2012-03-01 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2012-03-02 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2012-04-04 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-04-05 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2012-04-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3314.) (April 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-05-04 Set for hearing May 14.
• 2012-05-15 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 3553.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2012-06-04 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2012-06-18 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2012-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-27 (Corrected July 2.)
• 2012-08-08 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. 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. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6066.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-21 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2012-08-22 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4683.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-22 (Corrected August 27.)
• 2012-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2012-09-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 292, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ce4483bb-2820-4bdd-8c93-3af41196fbb3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).