Basic Inspection of Terminals program: agricultural vehicles.
Existing law, the Basic Inspection of Terminals (BIT) program, makes it unlawful for a motor carrier to operate specified vehicles, such as motortrucks of 3 or more axles that are more than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, truck tractors, or other motortrucks regulated by the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Public Utilities Commission, or the United States Secretary of Transportation, without identifying to the Department of Motor Vehicles all terminals, as defined, where the vehicle may be inspected by the department and where vehicle inspection and maintenance records and driver records will be made available for inspection. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, excludes an agricultural vehicle, as defined, from being subject to the BIT program.
California AB 525 (20252026) — Basic Inspection of Terminals program: agricultural vehicles.
Existing law, the Basic Inspection of Terminals (BIT) program, makes it unlawful for a motor carrier to operate specified vehicles, such as motortrucks of 3 or more axles that are more than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, truck tractors, or other motortrucks regulated by the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Public Utilities Commission, or the United States Secretary of Transportation, without identifying to the Department of Motor Vehicles all terminals, as defined, where the vehicle may be inspected by the department and where vehicle inspection and maintenance records and driver records will be made available for inspection. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, excludes an agricultural vehicle, as defined, from being subject to the BIT program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 525 Lackey Assembly Third Reading — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (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. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lackey — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2025-02-24 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2025-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-15 From Consent Calendar.
2025-05-15 Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-15 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1658.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-23 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 2042.). 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 61, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b4687ffe-271e-4bf8-a1cb-04c4d036a71e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).