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Bill	Vehicle identification and registration: alternative devices.	Existing law requires a vehicle to display a license plate, issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, with tabs that indicate the month and year the vehicle registration expires. Existing law authorizes the department to conduct a pilot program, until January 1, 2023, if certain conditions are met, to evaluate the use of alternatives to stickers, tabs, license plates, and registration cards. Under existing law, a person who alters, forges, counterfeits, or falsifies, among other things, a device issued pursuant to the pilot program, is guilty of a felony.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 984	California AB 984 (20212022)	bill	Vehicle identification and registration: alternative devices.	enacted	Wilson	13	45	13	2021-02-18	2022-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/75cee39a-7ba2-4332-901b-ccdca1158913	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB984	65147e0bbb39bce03fa7940d8d65d83dc87d4f2aaeaf37473868e376cbc7f1e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 984 (20212022) — Vehicle identification and registration: alternative devices.

Existing law requires a vehicle to display a license plate, issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, with tabs that indicate the month and year the vehicle registration expires. Existing law authorizes the department to conduct a pilot program, until January 1, 2023, if certain conditions are met, to evaluate the use of alternatives to stickers, tabs, license plates, and registration cards. Under existing law, a person who alters, forges, counterfeits, or falsifies, among other things, a device issued pursuant to the pilot program, is guilty of a felony.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/07/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/28/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/02/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/25/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
12. AB984 (committee substitute) — source
13. 09/02/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB984 Luz Rivas et al. By Hueso Reconsider — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB984 Luz Rivas et al. By Hueso — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 984 Luz Rivas Assembly Third Reading — 59–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 984 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB984 Wilson et al. By Hertzberg — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wilson — primary (person)
• Hueso — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 2021-03-04 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2021-04-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 5). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2021-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1460.)
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 2. Page 1737.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-16 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-06-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, 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. (Ayes 9. 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: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2021-08-23 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 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
• 2021-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2565.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-09 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2569.)
• 2021-09-09 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hueso.
• 2022-08-02 From inactive file.
• 2022-08-02 Ordered to second reading.
• 2022-08-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5211.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2022-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2022-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
• 2022-08-30 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage
• 2022-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-13 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 746, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/75cee39a-7ba2-4332-901b-ccdca1158913. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).