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Bill	Driver's licenses: renewal.	Existing law requires an application for renewal of a driver's license to be made at an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles by the person to whom the license was issued. Existing law requires renewal of a license to be under the terms and conditions prescribed by the department, and authorizes the department to require an examination of the applicant as upon an original application, an examination deemed by the department to be appropriate considering the licensee's record of convictions and accidents, or an examination deemed by the department to be appropriate in relation to evidence of a condition that may affect the ability of the applicant to safely operate a motor vehicle.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2357	California AB 2357 (20172018)	bill	Driver's licenses: renewal.	enacted	Voepel	6	21	6	2018-02-13	2018-08-20	openstates	ocd-bill/1142251d-d2c0-4df2-9bd9-6499288b2237	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2357	4c75dd1fce9d6f920d6bf682cb78a9894b1e6248808007ee6f0e1b467b693b13	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2357 (20172018) — Driver's licenses: renewal.

Existing law requires an application for renewal of a driver's license to be made at an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles by the person to whom the license was issued. Existing law requires renewal of a license to be under the terms and conditions prescribed by the department, and authorizes the department to require an examination of the applicant as upon an original application, an examination deemed by the department to be appropriate considering the licensee's record of convictions and accidents, or an examination deemed by the department to be appropriate in relation to evidence of a condition that may affect the ability of the applicant to safely operate a motor vehicle.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/06/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/20/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2357 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/07/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar AB2357 — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2357 VOEPEL Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2357 VOEPEL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Voepel — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2018-04-09 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
• 2018-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5005.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-05-17 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2018-06-06 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. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-25 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5039.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-07-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-06 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6138.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2018-08-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-08-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 171, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1142251d-d2c0-4df2-9bd9-6499288b2237. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).