republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-94.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle License Fee Law: vehicle registration."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes fees for original and renewal registration of vehicles to be collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law requires the department, with a specified exception, to notify the registered owner of each vehicle of the date that registration renewal fees for the vehicle are due, at least 60 days prior to that due date, and to indicate the fact that the required notice was mailed by a notation in the department's records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 94"
citation: "California SB 94 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Vehicle License Fee Law: vehicle registration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-01-10"
last_action: "2011-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f839c438-2ab0-4553-a70f-70812c9ab042"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB94"
source_hash: "b47db75c127a7d47c51c16f60a8a8c18c5a75e4accca710656f51f4c5cd62459"
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 SB 94 (20112012) — Vehicle License Fee Law: vehicle registration.

(1) Existing law establishes fees for original and renewal registration of vehicles to be collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law requires the department, with a specified exception, to notify the registered owner of each vehicle of the date that registration renewal fees for the vehicle are due, at least 60 days prior to that due date, and to indicate the fact that the required notice was mailed by a notation in the department's records.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB94&version=20110SB9499INT)
2. **04/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB94&version=20110SB9498AMD)
3. **05/04/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB94&version=20110SB9496CHP)
4. **SB94** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB94)
5. **05/03/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB94&version=20110SB9497ENR)

## Votes

- #76 SB94 Committee on B. & F.R. (Leno) Concurrence — **23–15** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB94 Committee on B. & F.R. — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- SB 94 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **52–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2011-01-20** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-10** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-02-10** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-02-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-02-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 2. Page 170.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-02-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** Assembly Rule 96(b) suspended. (Ayes 45. Noes 24. Page 1119.)
- **2011-04-28** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-04-28** Consent granted to take up without reference to file.
- **2011-04-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 22. Page 1126.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-28** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 780.) Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2011-05-02** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 4. Page 807.) `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 806.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2011-05-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-05-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 21, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f839c438-2ab0-4553-a70f-70812c9ab042`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).