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Bill	Vehicles: safety regulations.	Existing law requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to regulate the safe operation of certain vehicles, including buses, truck tractors, and trailers, and to adopt certain rules and regulations pertaining to the operation of those vehicles.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 68	California SB 68 (20232024)	bill	Vehicles safety regulations	enacted	McGuire	7	28	7	2023-01-05	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/f4979788-27c9-435b-9f10-076423a56ef4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB68	641ed8f3aa6d867c5383d6f25af4833c2bbcff0e19d2d020d3fad7617f7d1951	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 68 (20232024) — Vehicles: safety regulations.

Existing law requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to regulate the safe operation of certain vehicles, including buses, truck tractors, and trailers, and to adopt certain rules and regulations pertaining to the operation of those vehicles.

Version chain

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

1. 01/05/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/26/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/31/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB68 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 68 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Connolly — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB68 McGuire Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McGuire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-01-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 5.
• 2023-01-18 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-30 Set for hearing April 11.
• 2023-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 688.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-14 Set for hearing April 24.
• 2023-04-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 853.) (April 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-09 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2023-05-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1057.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-05-18 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-06-26 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
• 2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 5). 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 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bryan.
• 2023-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-08-31 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-31 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2956.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2749.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 699, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4979788-27c9-435b-9f10-076423a56ef4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).