Existing law requires every off-highway motor vehicle that is not registered under the Vehicle Code to display an identification plate or device issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, with certain exceptions, including an off-highway motor vehicle with a currently valid identification or registration permit issued by another state. Except as otherwise specified, a violation of the Vehicle Code is punishable as an infraction.
California AB 232 (20212022) — Off-highway vehicles: reciprocity.
Existing law requires every off-highway motor vehicle that is not registered under the Vehicle Code to display an identification plate or device issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, with certain exceptions, including an off-highway motor vehicle with a currently valid identification or registration permit issued by another state. Except as otherwise specified, a violation of the Vehicle Code is punishable as an infraction.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 17–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB232 Gallagher et al. By Wieckowski — 39–0 (pass) · upper
AB 232 Gallagher Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gallagher — primary (person)
Chen — coauthor (person)
Mathis — author (person)
Smith — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-01-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-01-13 From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2021-03-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1152.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-05-12 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2021-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-06-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2021-07-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2288.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-01 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2021-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2021-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 739, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b9727ae-bc37-4ca2-9d1f-ba19cbb0a16a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).