Existing law establishes a specialized license plate program and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue specialized license plates on behalf of a sponsoring state agency that meets certain requirements. Existing law requires that the DMV charge specified additional fees for the issuance, renewal, or transfer of specialized license plates, and requires the DMV to deposit the fees, less the DMV's costs, into the Specialized License Plate Fund. Existing law requires that moneys in the fund be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to each sponsoring agency in proportion to the amount that is attributable to the agency's specialized license plate program. Existing law requires the sponsoring state agency to use these moneys to fund projects and programs that promote the state agency's official policy, mission, or work.
California SB 673 (20172018) — Pet Lover's specialized license plates.
Existing law establishes a specialized license plate program and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue specialized license plates on behalf of a sponsoring state agency that meets certain requirements. Existing law requires that the DMV charge specified additional fees for the issuance, renewal, or transfer of specialized license plates, and requires the DMV to deposit the fees, less the DMV's costs, into the Specialized License Plate Fund. Existing law requires that moneys in the fund be allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to each sponsoring agency in proportion to the amount that is attributable to the agency's specialized license plate program. Existing law requires the sponsoring state agency to use these moneys to fund projects and programs that promote the state agency's official policy, mission, or work.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Special Consent Calendar SB673 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
SB 673 Newman Senate Third Reading By O'DONNELL — 77–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Newman — primary (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.
2017-03-09 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2017-04-04 Set for hearing April 18.
2017-04-06 April 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-04-07 Set for hearing April 25.
2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 858.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
2017-05-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1081.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-05-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-05-22 Published May 22 at 3:34 p.m.
2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1257.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-12 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2017-06-21 June 26 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-08-21 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 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-08-24 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
2017-08-30 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-01 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
2017-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
2017-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2017-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
2017-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3166.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-12 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2906.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
2017-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 813, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dc25aeff-711a-47ec-9287-b87352a32267. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).