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Bill	License plates: obstruction or alteration.	Existing law prohibits a person from erasing the reflective coating of, painting over the reflective coating of, or altering a license plate to avoid visual or electronic capture of the license plate or its characters by state or local law enforcement. A violation of this provision is an infraction.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2111	California AB 2111 (20232024)	bill	License plates obstruction or alteration	enacted	Wallis	4	17	5	2024-02-05	2024-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/237a9ff1-5c64-4eb8-ad5a-a8aa11e7bef0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2111	8b151b24b3d72b44bc5d6f66c283eb3e8148ccf98dc23dd26d48b08693a01676	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2111 (20232024) — License plates: obstruction or alteration.

Existing law prohibits a person from erasing the reflective coating of, painting over the reflective coating of, or altering a license plate to avoid visual or electronic capture of the license plate or its characters by state or local law enforcement. A violation of this provision is an infraction.

Version chain

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

1. 02/05/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/02/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2111 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/18/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2111 Wallis Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wallis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-06 From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
• 2024-02-20 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5087.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-15 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-05-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-06-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4491.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-06-13 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-06-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-07-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-07-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 59, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/237a9ff1-5c64-4eb8-ad5a-a8aa11e7bef0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).