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Bill	Vehicles: manufacturers and distributors.	Existing law establishes the New Motor Vehicle Board in the Department of Motor Vehicles, and requires the board to hear and decide certain protests presented by a motor vehicle franchisee in regard to a dispute with the vehicle manufacturer.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 1178	California AB 1178 (20152016)	bill	Vehicles: manufacturers and distributors.	enacted	Achadjian	10	31	7	2015-02-27	2015-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/45d661c3-7dae-414f-9dad-e167199565bb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1178	1ecd1317db24ee74f0c6c0c695e7b41ccc8c8cf18d0735046ea1fe32cbfdfe71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1178 (20152016) — Vehicles: manufacturers and distributors.

Existing law establishes the New Motor Vehicle Board in the Department of Motor Vehicles, and requires the board to hear and decide certain protests presented by a motor vehicle franchisee in regard to a dispute with the vehicle manufacturer.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/02/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/23/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/17/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/06/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB1178 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/14/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1178 Achadjian By Wieckowski — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1178 ACHADJIAN Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1178 ACHADJIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Achadjian — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 From Consent Calendar.
• 2015-05-11 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-06-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1760.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1907.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-06-23 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2642.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3068.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 526, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45d661c3-7dae-414f-9dad-e167199565bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).