Existing law requires a vehicle to display a license plate issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles on the rear of the vehicle. Existing law requires a vehicle to display tabs upon the license plate indicating the month and year of expiration of the vehicle registration and makes it a crime to display expired tabs. Existing law authorizes the department to conduct a pilot program, to be completed no later than January 1, 2019, to evaluate the use of alternatives to stickers, tabs, license plates, and registration cards, subject to certain requirements, and if the department conducts a pilot program, requires the department to submit a report of the results of the pilot program, as specified, to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2020.
California SB 1387 (20172018) — Vehicles: license plate pilot programs.
Existing law requires a vehicle to display a license plate issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles on the rear of the vehicle. Existing law requires a vehicle to display tabs upon the license plate indicating the month and year of expiration of the vehicle registration and makes it a crime to display expired tabs. Existing law authorizes the department to conduct a pilot program, to be completed no later than January 1, 2019, to evaluate the use of alternatives to stickers, tabs, license plates, and registration cards, subject to certain requirements, and if the department conducts a pilot program, requires the department to submit a report of the results of the pilot program, as specified, to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2020.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
SB 1387 Beall Senate Third Reading By AGUIAR-CURRY — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Beall — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2018-03-21 Set for hearing April 3.
2018-04-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 4517.) (April 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-04-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4579.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-04-26 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2018-06-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6718.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-28 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2018-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6061.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 520, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7bd8a71-2e22-4aff-b33a-c83a2c17575c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).