Existing law prohibits a person from driving any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) , or it is registered under the permanent trailer identification program, except as specified. Existing law requires the DMV to issue a one-trip permit to a vehicle manufacturer or dealer, upon payment of a $35 fee, which authorizes an unregistered trailer, semitrailer, or auxiliary dolly to be moved or operated laden within the state for not more than 5 days as part of one continuous trip from the place of manufacture, dispatch, or entry into this state to a place where the vehicle will be offered for sale.
California AB 27 (20132014) — Vehicles: registration: one-trip permits.
Existing law prohibits a person from driving any motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) , or it is registered under the permanent trailer identification program, except as specified. Existing law requires the DMV to issue a one-trip permit to a vehicle manufacturer or dealer, upon payment of a $35 fee, which authorizes an unregistered trailer, semitrailer, or auxiliary dolly to be moved or operated laden within the state for not more than 5 days as part of one continuous trip from the place of manufacture, dispatch, or entry into this state to a place where the vehicle will be offered for sale.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 27 MEDINA Third Reading Urgency — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 16–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Medina — primary (person)
Linder — coauthor (person)
Roth — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-12-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2012-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
2013-01-14 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2013-03-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2013-03-14 Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2013-03-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-03-21 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2013-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-29 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1712.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-06-13 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2013-07-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-07-08 Withdrawn from committee.
2013-07-08 Ordered to second reading.
2013-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-15 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Roth.
2013-09-06 From inactive file.
2013-09-06 Ordered to second reading.
2013-09-06 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
2013-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2014-06-12 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
2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2014-08-04 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2014-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2014-08-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4370.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2014-08-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2014-08-11 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2014-08-18 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 18). committee-passage
2014-08-19 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6179.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2014-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2014-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2014-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 301, Statutes of 2014.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee0ff292-b17b-463d-9d56-8d4a4913b1f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).