republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-790.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Identification cards: replacement: reduced fee."
description: "Existing law requires, upon an application for an identification card, a fee of $26 to be paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law provides for a fee waiver for an original or replacement identification card to a senior citizen, as specified, or to a person who can verify his or her status as a homeless person or homeless child or youth, as specified. Existing law also provides for a reduced fee of $6 for an original or replacement identification card to a person who has been determined to have a current income level that meets the eligibility requirements for one of specified assistance programs. Existing law requires that all fees received pursuant to those provisions be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 790"
citation: "California AB 790 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Identification cards: replacement: reduced fee."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2017-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc6cd049-f9ae-4ecf-bfdf-6d0e4dd40b7f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB790"
source_hash: "66e2478861b6cd5fda575851fee402b1bde51a095d14a68ffbc9efb8185c7468"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 790 (20172018) — Identification cards: replacement: reduced fee.

Existing law requires, upon an application for an identification card, a fee of $26 to be paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law provides for a fee waiver for an original or replacement identification card to a senior citizen, as specified, or to a person who can verify his or her status as a homeless person or homeless child or youth, as specified. Existing law also provides for a reduced fee of $6 for an original or replacement identification card to a person who has been determined to have a current income level that meets the eligibility requirements for one of specified assistance programs. Existing law requires that all fees received pursuant to those provisions be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB790&version=20170AB79099INT)
2. **04/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB790&version=20170AB79098AMD)
3. **09/28/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB790&version=20170AB79096CHP)
4. **AB790** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB790)
5. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB790&version=20170AB79097ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB790 Mark Stone By Skinner — **38–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 6. Page 1303.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** 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`
- **2017-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-07-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 2. Page 2473.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 348, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc6cd049-f9ae-4ecf-bfdf-6d0e4dd40b7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).