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Bill	Vehicle retirement: low-income motor vehicle owners.	(1) Existing law establishes a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program, referred to as a smog check program, developed, implemented, and administered by the Department of Consumer Affairs. The duty of enforcing and administering the program is vested in the Chief of the Bureau of Automotive Repair within the department.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 459	California SB 459 (20132014)	bill	Vehicle retirement: low-income motor vehicle owners.	enacted	Pavley	11	45	11	2013-02-21	2013-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/31ccdb93-9443-4bbd-9914-0bf2e90c744e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB459	8235daf92cceed2d8a1eb345af9704013edb27978dfd89e29e16e3faacafc578	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 459 (20132014) — Vehicle retirement: low-income motor vehicle owners.

(1) Existing law establishes a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program, referred to as a smog check program, developed, implemented, and administered by the Department of Consumer Affairs. The duty of enforcing and administering the program is vested in the Chief of the Bureau of Automotive Repair within the department.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/25/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/24/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/05/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/06/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/30/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. SB459 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/18/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 459 Pavley Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL — 52–25 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 459 Pavley Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL Amend By LOWENTHAL Set #1 — 53–25 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Supp 2 SB459 Pavley Concurrence — 30–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 10–5 (pass) · lower
• From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Pavley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2013-03-12 Set for hearing April 9.
• 2013-03-27 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-03-28 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2013-04-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 667.) (April 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-30 Set for hearing May 6.
• 2013-05-01 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2013-05-13 Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2013-05-20 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-05-21 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2013-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 1014.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1156.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-06-17 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-06-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-07-01 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-08-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (August 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-21 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 2954.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2013-09-10 Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 3147.)
• 2013-09-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (September 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 3283.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-09-12 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. referral-committee
• 2013-09-12 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on T. & H. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2412.) Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-09-12 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 2454.) committee-passage
• 2013-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2444.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-12 (Corrected September 20.)
• 2013-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2013-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 437, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/31ccdb93-9443-4bbd-9914-0bf2e90c744e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).