Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to willfully violate their written promise to appear or a lawfully granted continuance of their promise to appear in court or before a person authorized to receive a deposit of bail, and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to suspend the driving privilege of that person upon receipt of notification of that violation from a court. Existing law generally authorizes a court to notify the DMV of a violation of a written promise to appear or a lawfully granted continuance of their promise to appear in court or before a person authorized to receive a deposit of bail, and requires a court to notify the DMV of such a violation when a person is charged with specified offenses related to driving under the influence. Existing law prohibits the department from issuing or renewing a driver's license to a person when it has received one of these notices.
California AB 2746 (20212022) — Driving privilege: suspension.
Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to willfully violate their written promise to appear or a lawfully granted continuance of their promise to appear in court or before a person authorized to receive a deposit of bail, and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to suspend the driving privilege of that person upon receipt of notification of that violation from a court. Existing law generally authorizes a court to notify the DMV of a violation of a written promise to appear or a lawfully granted continuance of their promise to appear in court or before a person authorized to receive a deposit of bail, and requires a court to notify the DMV of such a violation when a person is charged with specified offenses related to driving under the influence. Existing law prohibits the department from issuing or renewing a driver's license to a person when it has received one of these notices.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 11–3 (pass) · lower
AB 2746 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — 50–20 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
AB 2746 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–21 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–3 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2746 Friedman et al. By Kamlager — 27–9 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Friedman — primary (person)
Jones-Sawyer — author (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2022-03-17 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-04-05 Coauthors revised.
2022-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-05-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2022-05-18 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 20. Page 5004.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-08 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 5183.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 21.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 800, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/161673cf-16c4-4dad-abdb-783ccd2ad64c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).