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Bill Driver's licenses: examinations: motorcycle licenses. Under existing law, upon application for an original driver's license, except student licenses, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall require an examination of the applicant. Existing law requires that the examination test the applicant's knowledge and understanding of, among other things, the provisions of the Vehicle Code governing the operation of vehicles upon the highways. Existing law authorizes the department to accept a certificate of satisfactory completion of an approved novice motorcyclist training program, as specified, in lieu of a driving test on motorcycle license applications. With regard to a person under 21 years of age, existing law requires completion of an approved motorcycle safety training program for issuance of a class M1 or M2 license or endorsement. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 AB 1027 California AB 1027 (20172018)
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California AB 1027 (20172018) — Driver's licenses: examinations: motorcycle licenses.

Under existing law, upon application for an original driver's license, except student licenses, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall require an examination of the applicant. Existing law requires that the examination test the applicant's knowledge and understanding of, among other things, the provisions of the Vehicle Code governing the operation of vehicles upon the highways. Existing law authorizes the department to accept a certificate of satisfactory completion of an approved novice motorcyclist training program, as specified, in lieu of a driving test on motorcycle license applications. With regard to a person under 21 years of age, existing law requires completion of an approved motorcycle safety training program for issuance of a class M1 or M2 license or endorsement.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/16/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 03/21/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 09/01/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB1027 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 08/23/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 130 (pass) · upper
  • 3rd Reading AB1027 Acosta et al. By Wilk — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Acosta — primary (person)
  • Wilk — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
  • 2017-03-06 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
  • 2017-03-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  • 2017-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-03-22 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
  • 2017-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2017-04-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1393.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
  • 2017-06-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2017-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2017-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-08-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2176.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-08-22 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2017-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2017-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 205, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/013f170c-aa0d-43da-9fd9-682e2fe051a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).