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Bill	Bureau of Automotive Repair: administration: citations: safety inspections.	(1) Existing law, the Automotive Repair Act (act) , provides for the registration and regulation of automotive repair dealers by the Bureau of Automotive Repair (bureau) in the Department of Consumer Affairs. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor unless otherwise specified, and may subject a licensee to disciplinary action, including license suspension or revocation. Existing law authorizes the Director of Consumer Affairs (director) to adopt and enforce those rules and regulations that the director determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of the act and declare the policy of the bureau, including a system for the issuance of citations for violations of the act. Existing law also subjects the bureau to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, as specified, and requires that review to be performed as if the act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 471	California AB 471 (20212022)	bill	Bureau of Automotive Repair: administration: citations: safety inspections.	enacted	Low	10	29	9	2021-02-08	2021-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/c6d3b22f-c04f-474b-8b59-5233bf0f8a72	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB471	55849a28dab8dd0855d0a85fc76a13414d5ab1a38272d8c0bec70a009a03db71	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 471 (20212022) — Bureau of Automotive Repair: administration: citations: safety inspections.

(1) Existing law, the Automotive Repair Act (act) , provides for the registration and regulation of automotive repair dealers by the Bureau of Automotive Repair (bureau) in the Department of Consumer Affairs. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor unless otherwise specified, and may subject a licensee to disciplinary action, including license suspension or revocation. Existing law authorizes the Director of Consumer Affairs (director) to adopt and enforce those rules and regulations that the director determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of the act and declare the policy of the bureau, including a system for the issuance of citations for violations of the act. Existing law also subjects the bureau to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, as specified, and requires that review to be performed as if the act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2023.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/25/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/28/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB471 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/15/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 471 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 471 Low Assembly Third Reading — 77–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB471 Low et al. By Min — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Low — primary (person)
• Flora — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 2021-02-18 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 1762.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 13). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-03 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2606.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3150.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2021-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 372, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c6d3b22f-c04f-474b-8b59-5233bf0f8a72. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).