Under existing law, a person who willfully violates their written promise to appear in court or before a person authorized to receive a deposit of bail is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law authorizes the clerk of the court to accept a payment and forfeiture of at least 10% of the total bail amount for each infraction violation of the Vehicle Code prior to a specified date if specified circumstances exist, including, among other things, that the defendant signs a written agreement to pay and forfeit the remainder of the required bail according to an installment schedule. Under existing law, if a person convicted of an infraction fails to pay bail in installments, as agreed to with the court, the court may impound a person's driver's license and order the person not to drive, or order that the person limit their driving to their place of employment, for a period not to exceed 30 days.
California AB 1125 (20232024) — Vehicle Code: infractions.
Under existing law, a person who willfully violates their written promise to appear in court or before a person authorized to receive a deposit of bail is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law authorizes the clerk of the court to accept a payment and forfeiture of at least 10% of the total bail amount for each infraction violation of the Vehicle Code prior to a specified date if specified circumstances exist, including, among other things, that the defendant signs a written agreement to pay and forfeit the remainder of the required bail according to an installment schedule. Under existing law, if a person convicted of an infraction fails to pay bail in installments, as agreed to with the court, the court may impound a person's driver's license and order the person not to drive, or order that the person limit their driving to their place of employment, for a period not to exceed 30 days.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1125 Hart Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1125 Hart Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Hart — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2023-03-02 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2023-03-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-06 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2023-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-25 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1412.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-10 Referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
2023-06-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-06-08 From Consent Calendar.
2023-06-08 Ordered to third reading.
2023-06-15 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2482.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2023-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3194.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 356, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c34a38b-7fa5-41d1-8f5c-0d6a3429970c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).