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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "SB 1174"
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citation: "California SB 1174 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Walters"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2012-02-22"
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last_action: "2012-09-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce4483bb-2820-4bdd-8c93-3af41196fbb3"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174"
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source_hash: "be50a70788c7a322d175b7cdb31dbe8eb0520764c72b415f8b70dac3adce8161"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 1174 (20112012) — Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174&version=20110SB117499INT)
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2. **04/12/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174&version=20110SB117498AMD)
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3. **05/01/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174&version=20110SB117497AMD)
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4. **06/27/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174&version=20110SB117496AMD)
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5. **09/11/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174&version=20110SB117494CHP)
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6. **SB1174** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174)
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7. **08/23/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1174&version=20110SB117495ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **30–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB1174 Walters Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 1174 Walters Senate Third Reading By HUFFMAN — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Walters — primary (person)
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- Emmerson — coauthor (person)
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- La Malfa — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2012-02-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-03-02** Set for hearing April 10.
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- **2012-04-04** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2012-04-05** Set for hearing April 24.
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2012-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2012-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
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- **2012-05-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2012-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 3553.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2012-06-04** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-06-18** Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **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`
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- **2012-06-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2012-06-27** (Corrected July 2.)
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- **2012-08-08** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2012-08-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6066.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2012-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2012-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4683.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2012-08-22** (Corrected August 27.)
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- **2012-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2012-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2012-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 292, Statutes of 2012.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce4483bb-2820-4bdd-8c93-3af41196fbb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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