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Bill	Commercial driver's licenses.	Existing law prohibits a person from operating a commercial motor vehicle, as defined, unless the person possesses a valid commercial driver's license of the appropriate class issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) , except as specified. Existing law imposes certain examination requirements, including a driving test, on driver's license applicants, including commercial driver's license applicants, and specifies the types of vehicles that are in each driver's license class. Existing law also specifies the conditions under which a nonresident who is not licensed in the state may drive in the state, and requires a person to obtain a license from the DMV before being employed as a commercial driver, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1047	California AB 1047 (20132014)	bill	Commercial driver's licenses.	enacted	Linder	7	25	6	2013-02-22	2013-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/f6a1b571-fd65-42dc-ab08-62489f04a616	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1047	f50e49401d9fe5715ca988068cdf7f4c2dbe689d6de45f05c56479766e2f55cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1047 (20132014) — Commercial driver's licenses.

Existing law prohibits a person from operating a commercial motor vehicle, as defined, unless the person possesses a valid commercial driver's license of the appropriate class issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) , except as specified. Existing law imposes certain examination requirements, including a driving test, on driver's license applicants, including commercial driver's license applicants, and specifies the types of vehicles that are in each driver's license class. Existing law also specifies the conditions under which a nonresident who is not licensed in the state may drive in the state, and requires a person to obtain a license from the DMV before being employed as a commercial driver, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/14/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1047 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/12/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 16–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1047 Linder By Roth — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1047 LINDER Assembly Third Reading — 69–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 1047 LINDER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Linder — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-21 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-22 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 1595.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-06 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2013-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-12 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2179.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3038.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 649, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6a1b571-fd65-42dc-ab08-62489f04a616. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).