republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-159.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Off-highway vehicles."
description: "Existing law generally imposes a service fee of $7 for the issuance or renewal of identification of off-highway motor vehicles subject to identification, and a special fee of $33 paid at the time of payment of the service fee. Existing law requires the special fees, specified use fees for state vehicular recreation areas, and other specified funds to be deposited in the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund, and requires moneys in the fund, upon appropriation, to be allocated for specified purposes related to off-highway recreation. These provisions are to be repealed on January 1, 2018."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "California SB 159 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Off-highway vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d532aa06-9a88-414d-b64e-5acb3e4d69db"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB159"
source_hash: "f770c0c79156a7199e7eacad60cbcb98a67c72a07b1431b7ceb4fb45773e1d03"
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 SB 159 (20172018) — Off-highway vehicles.

Existing law generally imposes a service fee of $7 for the issuance or renewal of identification of off-highway motor vehicles subject to identification, and a special fee of $33 paid at the time of payment of the service fee. Existing law requires the special fees, specified use fees for state vehicular recreation areas, and other specified funds to be deposited in the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund, and requires moneys in the fund, upon appropriation, to be allocated for specified purposes related to off-highway recreation. These provisions are to be repealed on January 1, 2018.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/19/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB159&version=20170SB15999INT)
2. **06/15/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB159&version=20170SB15998AMD)
3. **09/07/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB159&version=20170SB15997AMD)
4. **10/03/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB159&version=20170SB15995CHP)
5. **SB159** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB159)
6. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB159&version=20170SB15996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation and Housing] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 159 Allen Third Reading Urgency By EGGMAN — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB159 Allen Urgency Clause Concurrence — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 19.
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-21** Re-referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1751.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** Set for hearing July 11.
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 2004.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-20** Set for hearing August 21.
- **2017-08-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2183.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2227.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-08-28** Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-28** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2017-08-31** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (August 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-09-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 3413.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2992.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 456, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d532aa06-9a88-414d-b64e-5acb3e4d69db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).