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Bill	Bureau of Automotive Repair: automotive repair dealers: maintenance and services.	(1) Existing law, the Automotive Repair Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of automotive repair dealers. Under existing law, there is a Bureau of Automotive Repair, which is under the supervision of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Existing law vests the duty of enforcing and administering that act in the Chief of the Bureau of Automotive Repair and makes the chief responsible to the director. Existing law requires that the powers and duties of the bureau be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature as if the act was scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 3141	California AB 3141 (20172018)	bill	Bureau of Automotive Repair: automotive repair dealers: maintenance and services.	enacted	Low	7	25	8	2018-02-16	2018-09-18	openstates	ocd-bill/d2058a76-779b-4b70-8a6a-213ba7007aa6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3141	842de21c74258b782ee4b8d66985b31354a8f52cbf1321a73a4a71d9182db81d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3141 (20172018) — Bureau of Automotive Repair: automotive repair dealers: maintenance and services.

(1) Existing law, the Automotive Repair Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of automotive repair dealers. Under existing law, there is a Bureau of Automotive Repair, which is under the supervision of the Director of Consumer Affairs. Existing law vests the duty of enforcing and administering that act in the Chief of the Bureau of Automotive Repair and makes the chief responsible to the director. Existing law requires that the powers and duties of the bureau be subject to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature as if the act was scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2019.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/18/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/21/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/18/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB3141 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB3141 Low et al. By Hill — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 3141 B. & P. Assembly Third Reading By LOW — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 3141 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)
• Hill — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2018-03-12 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-04-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2018-04-25 Read second time and amended. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2018-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2018-05-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5507.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-13 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-08-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5812.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6842.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 503, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d2058a76-779b-4b70-8a6a-213ba7007aa6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).