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type: "Bill"
title: "Neighborhood electric vehicles."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2017, authorizes the County of Orange to establish a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) transportation plan for the Ranch Plan Planned Community in that county. Under existing law, operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle in violation of certain provisions is an infraction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 241"
citation: "California SB 241 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Neighborhood electric vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bates"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-17"
last_action: "2015-08-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c419effb-783d-40c3-ae2a-efef1fb2e265"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB241"
source_hash: "07ffe47ca23ea55671b959fdc5f4438f1b0efe824ea13cd927802cd382390bae"
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 241 (20152016) — Neighborhood electric vehicles.
Existing law, until January 1, 2017, authorizes the County of Orange to establish a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) transportation plan for the Ranch Plan Planned Community in that county. Under existing law, operation of a neighborhood electric vehicle in violation of certain provisions is an infraction.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB241&version=20150SB24199INT)
2. **04/21/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB241&version=20150SB24198AMD)
3. **08/10/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB241&version=20150SB24196CHP)
4. **SB241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB241)
5. **07/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB241&version=20150SB24197ENR)
## Votes
- SB 241 Bates Consent Calendar Second Day — **790** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **110** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **140** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bates — primary (person)
- Brough — coauthor (person)
- Daly — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2015-02-26** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** Set for hearing April 7.
- **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 526.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-10** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2015-04-20** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 746.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2432.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2015-07-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2015-08-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 156, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c419effb-783d-40c3-ae2a-efef1fb2e265`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).