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Bill Autoettes. Existing law defines an autoette as a motor vehicle, located on a natural island with an area in excess of 20,000 acres and that is within a county having a population in excess of 4,000,000, and meeting all of several other requirements, including, but not limited to, the vehicle having a length of no more than 120 inches, including the front and rear bumpers. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to register an autoette as a motor vehicle. us/states/ca California Legislature 20232024 AB 705 California AB 705 (20232024)
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California AB 705 (20232024) — Autoettes.

Existing law defines an autoette as a motor vehicle, located on a natural island with an area in excess of 20,000 acres and that is within a county having a population in excess of 4,000,000, and meeting all of several other requirements, including, but not limited to, the vehicle having a length of no more than 120 inches, including the front and rear bumpers. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to register an autoette as a motor vehicle.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/13/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 07/21/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. AB705 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 06/30/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 160 (pass) · upper
  • Consent Calendar — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 140 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 150 (pass) · lower
  • AB 705 Lowenthal Consent Calendar Second Day — 790 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Lowenthal — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2023-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
  • 2023-02-23 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
  • 2023-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-30 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-04-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1179.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-04-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2023-05-03 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
  • 2023-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
  • 2023-06-26 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2023-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
  • 2023-06-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1828.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
  • 2023-06-29 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2023-07-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2023-07-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-07-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 91, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2c207dd-17b3-4010-8d29-45c8980beaca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).