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Bill	Driver's license renewal alternatives.	Existing law requires an application for renewal of a driver's license to be made at an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles by the person to whom the license was issued. Existing law also requires renewal of a license to be under the terms and conditions prescribed by the department.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1606	California AB 1606 (20232024)	bill	Driver's license renewal alternatives	enacted	Gipson	6	26	8	2023-02-17	2023-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/fce6e188-257e-46d2-85e4-a8e3ccef74a7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1606	58f53bbcf457bc56b3a04f50fff2551ebd1c64a16a9f399f44f1d85f2f7d1486	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1606 (20232024) — Driver's license renewal alternatives.

Existing law requires an application for renewal of a driver's license to be made at an office of the Department of Motor Vehicles by the person to whom the license was issued. Existing law also requires renewal of a license to be under the terms and conditions prescribed by the department.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/26/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/06/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/07/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1606 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/14/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1606 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1606 Gipson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1606 Gipson By Limón — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gipson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-04-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 24). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2023-05-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2035.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-14 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2590.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-12 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)
• 2023-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3302.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 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 373, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fce6e188-257e-46d2-85e4-a8e3ccef74a7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).