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Bill	Parking penalties: collection.	Existing law authorizes an agency that processes unpaid parking penalties and related service fees to collect those penalties and fees pursuant to one of 3 specified options, including filing an itemization of unpaid penalties with the Department of Motor Vehicles for the department to collect the penalties along with the registration of the vehicle. Existing law prohibits the agency from filing that itemization with the department unless, among other conditions, the agency provides a payment plan option for indigent persons that, at a minimum, allows payment of unpaid parking penalties and related service fees in monthly installments for total amounts due that are $300 or less and pays those unpaid parking penalties and fees within 18 months, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 3277	California AB 3277 (20192020)	bill	Parking penalties: collection.	enacted	Jones-Sawyer	5	20	7	2020-02-21	2020-09-09	openstates	ocd-bill/9ccbd578-880c-4b42-8789-d9908a3f29a6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3277	785a47a35dbd55529d19dd9165bdc8dd46513cff1f07fb1e449d4c0a3ec33691	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3277 (20192020) — Parking penalties: collection.

Existing law authorizes an agency that processes unpaid parking penalties and related service fees to collect those penalties and fees pursuant to one of 3 specified options, including filing an itemization of unpaid penalties with the Department of Motor Vehicles for the department to collect the penalties along with the registration of the vehicle. Existing law prohibits the agency from filing that itemization with the department unless, among other conditions, the agency provides a payment plan option for indigent persons that, at a minimum, allows payment of unpaid parking penalties and related service fees in monthly installments for total amounts due that are $300 or less and pays those unpaid parking penalties and fees within 18 months, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/29/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/09/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB3277 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/27/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB3277 Jones-Sawyer By Allen — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 3277 Jones-Sawyer Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 3277 Jones-Sawyer Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jones-Sawyer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2020-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2020-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2020-03-09 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2020-05-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (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 4731.) 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
• 2020-06-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 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
• 2020-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4294.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2020-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5228.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2020-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 55, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ccbd578-880c-4b42-8789-d9908a3f29a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).