Department of Motor Vehicles: private industry partners: electronic submission of documents.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish contracts for electronic programs that allow qualified private industry partners to join the department in providing services that include processing and payment programs for vehicle registration and titling transactions, and services related to reporting vehicle sales and producing temporary license plates. Existing law requires the department to charge a $3 transaction fee for the provision of the information and services, and to deposit the fees collected into the Motor Vehicle Account. Existing law authorizes the private industry partner to pass on the transaction fee to the customer, as specified. Existing law requires the department, for a specified period, to charge private industry partners an additional $1 transaction fee for the implementation of the private industry partners' proportionate share of departmentwide system improvements. Existing law prohibits a private industry partner from passing on the $1 fee to the customer.
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California Legislature
20172018
AB 3163
California AB 3163 (20172018)
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Department of Motor Vehicles: private industry partners: electronic submission of documents.
California AB 3163 (20172018) — Department of Motor Vehicles: private industry partners: electronic submission of documents.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish contracts for electronic programs that allow qualified private industry partners to join the department in providing services that include processing and payment programs for vehicle registration and titling transactions, and services related to reporting vehicle sales and producing temporary license plates. Existing law requires the department to charge a $3 transaction fee for the provision of the information and services, and to deposit the fees collected into the Motor Vehicle Account. Existing law authorizes the private industry partner to pass on the transaction fee to the customer, as specified. Existing law requires the department, for a specified period, to charge private industry partners an additional $1 transaction fee for the implementation of the private industry partners' proportionate share of departmentwide system improvements. Existing law prohibits a private industry partner from passing on the $1 fee to the customer.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Frazier — primary (person)
Beall — coauthor (person)
Berman — coauthor (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Stern — 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 TRANS. referral-committee
2018-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-18 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4901.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-10 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-09 From Consent Calendar.
2018-08-09 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-13 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). referral-committee
2018-08-13 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on T. & H. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-14 From committee: That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 14) committee-passage
2018-08-16 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-21 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 5531.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-08-27 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 8. Page 6669.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 400, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fdd97063-e4b8-4b17-ac46-b9dd7ffb4205. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).