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Bill	Department of Motor Vehicles: occupational licensees.	Existing law makes it unlawful for the holder of an occupational license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to use the initials "DMV," the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words "Department of Motor Vehicles" in any business name or telephone number.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1272	California AB 1272 (20252026)	bill	DepartmentofMotorVehicles occupationallicensees	enacted	Dixon	5	21	5	2025-02-21	2025-07-28	openstates	ocd-bill/cc7bf301-a0ab-44d1-9c79-7fffcd7ca093	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1272	539c032539c5c38b0c7feeb392e79f504002a80d509262129da2ab0045a79019	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1272 (20252026) — Department of Motor Vehicles: occupational licensees.

Existing law makes it unlawful for the holder of an occupational license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to use the initials "DMV," the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words "Department of Motor Vehicles" in any business name or telephone number.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/28/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1272 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/11/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• 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 — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1272 Dixon Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dixon — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2025-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 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: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-05-21 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 21). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1740.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-04 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-07 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2043.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-07-10 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-07-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2025-07-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-07-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 68, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc7bf301-a0ab-44d1-9c79-7fffcd7ca093. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).