republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-1085.md

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Bill	License plates: obstruction or alteration.	Existing law prohibits a person from erasing the reflective coating of, painting over the reflective coating of, or altering a license plate to avoid visual or electronic capture of the license plate or its characters by state or local law enforcement. Existing law prohibits a person from installing or affixing on a vehicle a casing, shield, frame, border, product, or other device that obstructs or impairs the reading or recognition of a license plate by an electronic device operated by state or local law enforcement, an electronic device operated in connection with a toll road, high-occupancy toll lane, toll bridge, or other toll facility, or a remote emission sensing device, as specified. Existing law also prohibits the sale of a product or device that obscures, or is intended to obscure, the reading or recognition of a license plate by visual means, or by an electronic device in violation of the above-described provisions. A conviction for a violation of this provision is punishable by a fine of two hundred fifty dollars $250 per item sold or per violation. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1085	California AB 1085 (20252026)	bill	Licenseplates obstructionoralteration	enacted	Stefani	7	25	7	2025-02-20	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/7e31a07e-1993-4463-be7a-5b38bf7c331a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1085	f8d56c7fb2ffd009579176ba7215d2d09d922a947b16393c87cc62a06dee9a07	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1085 (20252026) — License plates: obstruction or alteration.

Existing law prohibits a person from erasing the reflective coating of, painting over the reflective coating of, or altering a license plate to avoid visual or electronic capture of the license plate or its characters by state or local law enforcement. Existing law prohibits a person from installing or affixing on a vehicle a casing, shield, frame, border, product, or other device that obstructs or impairs the reading or recognition of a license plate by an electronic device operated by state or local law enforcement, an electronic device operated in connection with a toll road, high-occupancy toll lane, toll bridge, or other toll facility, or a remote emission sensing device, as specified. Existing law also prohibits the sale of a product or device that obscures, or is intended to obscure, the reading or recognition of a license plate by visual means, or by an electronic device in violation of the above-described provisions. A conviction for a violation of this provision is punishable by a fine of two hundred fifty dollars $250 per item sold or per violation. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/08/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/11/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1085 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/27/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Public Safety] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1085 Stefani Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1085 Stefani Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 35–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Stefani — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2025-03-24 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 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
• 2025-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-08 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
• 2025-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1569.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-28 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-06-10 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 10). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-06-11 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-07-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2138.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-07-17 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2726.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 179, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e31a07e-1993-4463-be7a-5b38bf7c331a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).