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Bill	License plates and registration cards: alternative devices.	Existing law requires a vehicle to display a license plate, issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, with tabs that indicate the month and year the vehicle registration expires. Existing law requires the department to issue a registration card upon registering a vehicle that includes, among other information, the name of the owner and the vehicle registration number. Existing law authorizes the department to establish a program allowing an entity to issue devices as alternatives to the conventional license plates, stickers, tabs, and registration cards, subject to specific requirements that include limitations on how vehicle location technology is used with an alternative device and how an alternative device may display certain specialized license plates. Existing law imposes requirements and restrictions on electronic information generated by an alternative device.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 3138	California AB 3138 (20232024)	bill	License plates and registration cards alternative devices	enacted	Wilson	10	32	9	2024-02-16	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/1d655f5f-ed88-40a2-bf41-da7fcb6cc06b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3138	d76ee31f69dfaca54376a7dcc97e8d984192dd4c3c0389553da2cd7c0eeb0c38	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3138 (20232024) — License plates and registration cards: alternative devices.

Existing law requires a vehicle to display a license plate, issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, with tabs that indicate the month and year the vehicle registration expires. Existing law requires the department to issue a registration card upon registering a vehicle that includes, among other information, the name of the owner and the vehicle registration number. Existing law authorizes the department to establish a program allowing an entity to issue devices as alternatives to the conventional license plates, stickers, tabs, and registration cards, subject to specific requirements that include limitations on how vehicle location technology is used with an alternative device and how an alternative device may display certain specialized license plates. Existing law imposes requirements and restrictions on electronic information generated by an alternative device.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/24/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/18/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/03/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/07/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB3138 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB3138 Wilson By Cortese — 26–7 (pass) · upper
• AB 3138 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 67–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 3138 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — 65–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wilson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2024-03-11 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and P. & C.P. referral-committee
• 2024-03-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-04-01 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
• 2024-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-24 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2024-05-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (May 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5597.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-06-05 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2024-06-18 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
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-07-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-07-31 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-08-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-08-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 4.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 756, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1d655f5f-ed88-40a2-bf41-da7fcb6cc06b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).