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Bill	Smog check: exemption.	Existing law establishes a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance (smog check) program that is administered by the Department of Consumer Affairs. The smog check program requires inspection of motor vehicles upon initial registration, biennially upon renewal of registration, upon transfer of ownership, and in certain other circumstances. Existing law, except as provided, exempts motor vehicles that are 6 or less model-years old from being inspected biennially upon renewal of registration.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1274	California AB 1274 (20172018)	bill	Smog check: exemption.	enacted	O'Donnell	8	31	9	2017-02-17	2017-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/152b8122-dcac-4e85-87e2-7c436e333579	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1274	93105bc16e4e0c24a77bbd19253f2446d2fcf792d303118fa6ec421eb6c07531	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1274 (20172018) — Smog check: exemption.

Existing law establishes a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance (smog check) program that is administered by the Department of Consumer Affairs. The smog check program requires inspection of motor vehicles upon initial registration, biennially upon renewal of registration, upon transfer of ownership, and in certain other circumstances. Existing law, except as provided, exempts motor vehicles that are 6 or less model-years old from being inspected biennially upon renewal of registration.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1274 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–2 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — 9–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1274 O'Donnell By Lara Urgency Clause — 27–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 1274 O'Donnell Concurrence - Urgency Added — 55–19 (pass) · lower
• AB 1274 O'DONNELL Assembly Third Reading — 55–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• O'Donnell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2017-03-30 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2017-03-30 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
• 2017-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2017-04-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2017-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-05-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-30 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1776.)
• 2017-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 15. Page 2003.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-14 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and EQ. referral-committee
• 2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-13 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-08-21 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2786.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
• 2017-09-13 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 3331.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2017-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 633, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/152b8122-dcac-4e85-87e2-7c436e333579. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).