Existing law expresses the policy of the state to recognize the training and experience that individuals gain while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to develop policies to assist persons who are leaving active duty to obtain commercial driver's licenses, as specified. Existing law prohibits those policies from waiving any requisites, fees, or examinations required by law for a commercial driver's license.
California AB 2141 (20192020) — Department of Motor Vehicles.
Existing law expresses the policy of the state to recognize the training and experience that individuals gain while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to develop policies to assist persons who are leaving active duty to obtain commercial driver's licenses, as specified. Existing law prohibits those policies from waiving any requisites, fees, or examinations required by law for a commercial driver's license.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2141 Mathis Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar AB2141 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Mathis — primary (person)
Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
Choi — coauthor (person)
Diep — coauthor (person)
Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
Voepel — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
2020-02-20 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2020-03-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-03-05 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2020-05-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-06-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4725.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2020-08-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2020-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4376.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-28 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2020-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2020-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 47, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5cd82317-dbd7-4c10-bc17-12e91a814ce0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).