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Bill	Vehicles: impoundment.	Existing law allows a peace officer to arrest a person and seize the motor vehicle of the person if a peace officer determines that the person was engaged in a motor vehicle speed contest, reckless driving, or an exhibition of speed on a highway. Existing law allows a vehicle seized under this provision to be impounded for up to 30 days.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2186	California AB 2186 (20232024)	bill	Vehicles impoundment	enacted	Wallis	6	24	7	2024-02-07	2024-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/188e6b9d-b344-45a4-8369-d7b0392e4cd3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2186	d3acc9083c432b8f4e8bcf9e45a0370221a8c55416ecebe1d8c09c7ad7ceb757	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2186 (20232024) — Vehicles: impoundment.

Existing law allows a peace officer to arrest a person and seize the motor vehicle of the person if a peace officer determines that the person was engaged in a motor vehicle speed contest, reckless driving, or an exhibition of speed on a highway. Existing law allows a vehicle seized under this provision to be impounded for up to 30 days.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/15/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/06/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/23/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2186 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/04/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2186 Wallis By Seyarto — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2186 Vince Fong Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2186 Wallis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Wallis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-04-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-04-15 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
• 2024-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5444.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2024-06-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB S. referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-05 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2024-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 502, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/188e6b9d-b344-45a4-8369-d7b0392e4cd3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).