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Bill	Vehicles: specialized license plates.	Existing law authorizes a person who is a firefighter, retired firefighter, or a surviving family member of a firefighter or retired firefighter to apply for special license plates for their vehicle. The special license plates, which contain the words "California Firefighter" and run in a regular numerical series, are issued upon application to the Department of Motor Vehicles, presentation of proof of certain facts, and payment of certain fees, including $35 for a renewal of registration that includes the continued display of the special license plate.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 374	California SB 374 (20232024)	bill	Vehicles specialized license plates	enacted	Ashby	6	25	6	2023-02-09	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/25dce6f0-9a4f-4dd1-98dd-a66e1766e592	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374	7dacb1d3d5f6dc832d422a53119ddfffac8546a4872554dab6322ec8791b8a04	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 374 (20232024) — Vehicles: specialized license plates.

Existing law authorizes a person who is a firefighter, retired firefighter, or a surviving family member of a firefighter or retired firefighter to apply for special license plates for their vehicle. The special license plates, which contain the words "California Firefighter" and run in a regular numerical series, are issued upon application to the Department of Motor Vehicles, presentation of proof of certain facts, and payment of certain fees, including $35 for a renewal of registration that includes the continued display of the special license plate.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/13/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/14/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB374 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/05/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent SB374 Ashby et al. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (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
• Consent Calendar SB374 Ashby et al. — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 374 Ashby Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ashby — primary (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• Flora — coauthor (person)
• McGuire — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-09 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-10 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
• 2023-02-22 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-07 Set for hearing March 28.
• 2023-03-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 579.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2023-04-10 April 10 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-04-11 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2023-04-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-04-18 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 814.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-04-20 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-05-04 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-06-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2801.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-24 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-08-29 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2240.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 602, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/25dce6f0-9a4f-4dd1-98dd-a66e1766e592. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).