Existing law requires a county to establish an amnesty program for unpaid fines and bail initially due on or before January 1, 2013, for Vehicle Code infractions to be conducted in accordance with guidelines adopted by the Judicial Council. Existing law requires the program to accept payments from October 1, 2015, to March 31, 2017, inclusive. Existing law requires the program to accept a reduced payment in full satisfaction of the fine or bail if the program participant certifies under penalty of perjury that he or she receives specified public benefits or his or her income is 125% or less of the current poverty guidelines. If the driving privilege of an amnesty program participant or a person who is in good standing in a comprehensive collection program has been suspended due to a Vehicle Code violation that is subject to the amnesty program, existing law requires the court to issue and file a certificate with the Department of Motor Vehicles demonstrating that the participant has appeared in court, paid the fine, or has otherwise satisfied the court.
California SB 881 (20152016) — Vehicles: violations: payment of fines and bail.
Existing law requires a county to establish an amnesty program for unpaid fines and bail initially due on or before January 1, 2013, for Vehicle Code infractions to be conducted in accordance with guidelines adopted by the Judicial Council. Existing law requires the program to accept payments from October 1, 2015, to March 31, 2017, inclusive. Existing law requires the program to accept a reduced payment in full satisfaction of the fine or bail if the program participant certifies under penalty of perjury that he or she receives specified public benefits or his or her income is 125% or less of the current poverty guidelines. If the driving privilege of an amnesty program participant or a person who is in good standing in a comprehensive collection program has been suspended due to a Vehicle Code violation that is subject to the amnesty program, existing law requires the court to issue and file a certificate with the Department of Motor Vehicles demonstrating that the participant has appeared in court, paid the fine, or has otherwise satisfied the court.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 11–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
SB 881 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Amendment Set #1 — 73–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 32–7 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 13–1 (pass) · lower
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB881 Hertzberg Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
SB 881 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By LOW — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hertzberg — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-01-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2016-01-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
2016-01-28 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-03-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-03-24 Set for hearing April 12.
2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3523.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-14 Set for hearing April 19.
2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3612.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
2016-05-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-05-09 May 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-05-20 Set for hearing May 27.
2016-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3998.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 4037.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2016-06-06 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2016-08-12 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-19 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5968.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 Ordered to third reading.
2016-08-19 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
2016-08-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2016-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6478.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2016-08-31 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2016-08-31 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on T. & H. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5549.) Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, committee-passage
2016-08-31 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 5607.) committee-passage
2016-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5576.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2016-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 779, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd7bcfbc-977e-47c4-bed5-49f47113cefb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).