republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-611.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates or distinguishing placards to disabled persons or disabled veterans or to organizations or agencies involved in the transportation of disabled persons or disabled veterans, for purposes of providing certain parking privileges. Existing law also authorizes the department to issue temporary distinguishing placards to temporarily disabled persons or other permanently disabled persons, as specified. Existing law requires an applicant for a special plate, distinguishing placard, or temporary distinguishing placard to submit a certification of disability by a physician and surgeon or other specified medical professional, except as provided. Existing law authorizes the department to conduct an annual random audit of applications submitted for these plates or placards to verify the authenticity of the certificates and information submitted in support of the applications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 611"
citation: "California SB 611 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1fc61e1-baeb-4e48-9de5-eba4eb953cdb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB611"
source_hash: "2425eec0b46e01ce6f50009e81169042b876977cbe663eba303640fdbbe3c946"
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 611 (20172018) — Vehicles.

(1) Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates or distinguishing placards to disabled persons or disabled veterans or to organizations or agencies involved in the transportation of disabled persons or disabled veterans, for purposes of providing certain parking privileges. Existing law also authorizes the department to issue temporary distinguishing placards to temporarily disabled persons or other permanently disabled persons, as specified. Existing law requires an applicant for a special plate, distinguishing placard, or temporary distinguishing placard to submit a certification of disability by a physician and surgeon or other specified medical professional, except as provided. Existing law authorizes the department to conduct an annual random audit of applications submitted for these plates or placards to verify the authenticity of the certificates and information submitted in support of the applications.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB611&version=20170SB61199INT)
2. **05/25/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB611&version=20170SB61198AMD)
3. **06/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB611&version=20170SB61197AMD)
4. **07/12/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB611&version=20170SB61196AMD)
5. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB611&version=20170SB61195AMD)
6. **10/04/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB611&version=20170SB61193CHP)
7. **SB611** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB611)
8. **09/20/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB611&version=20170SB61194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)
- Allen — author (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2017-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 599.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2017-04-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 905.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-25** 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`
- **2017-06-19** 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`
- **2017-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-12** 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`
- **2017-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3272.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-14** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-14** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on T. & H. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2877.) Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-09-14** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 2942.) `committee-passage`
- **2017-09-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2991.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 485, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1fc61e1-baeb-4e48-9de5-eba4eb953cdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).