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Bill	Vehicles: weight limits.	Existing state and federal laws set specified limits on the total gross weight imposed on the highway by a vehicle with any group of 2 or more consecutive axles. Existing federal law prohibits the maximum gross vehicle weight of a vehicle operated by an engine fueled primarily by natural gas or powered primarily by means of electric battery power from exceeding 82,000 pounds. Existing state law, to the extent expressly authorized by federal law, authorizes a near-zero-emission vehicle or a zero-emission vehicle, as defined, to exceed the weight limits on the power unit by up to 2,000 pounds.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1953	California AB 1953 (20232024)	bill	Vehicles weight limits	enacted	Villapudua	6	22	5	2024-01-29	2024-09-12	openstates	ocd-bill/7acff836-a9cb-4891-9cb4-db3573f324bf	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1953	f56173eea84943c26ff9df9f8519a70ecf87bff54882b0bf93e9793b4d1a66bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1953 (20232024) — Vehicles: weight limits.

Existing state and federal laws set specified limits on the total gross weight imposed on the highway by a vehicle with any group of 2 or more consecutive axles. Existing federal law prohibits the maximum gross vehicle weight of a vehicle operated by an engine fueled primarily by natural gas or powered primarily by means of electric battery power from exceeding 82,000 pounds. Existing state law, to the extent expressly authorized by federal law, authorizes a near-zero-emission vehicle or a zero-emission vehicle, as defined, to exceed the weight limits on the power unit by up to 2,000 pounds.

Version chain

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

1. 01/29/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/15/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/08/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/12/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1953 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1953 Villapudua Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1953 Villapudua Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1953 Villapudua By Cortese — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Villapudua — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-29 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-30 From printer. May be heard in committee February 29.
• 2024-02-12 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-04-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4661.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-08 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-01 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-05-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-06 From Consent Calendar.
• 2024-06-06 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2024-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 219, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7acff836-a9cb-4891-9cb4-db3573f324bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).