republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-586.md

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Bill	Off-highway electric motorcycles.	Existing law defines an off-highway motor vehicle as a motor vehicle that operates on lands, other than a highway, that are open and accessible to the public, as specified. Existing law establishes rules for the operation of an off-highway vehicle and imposes specified safety requirements, including, among other things, a requirement that a person operating an off-highway vehicle wear a safety helmet. Existing law requires every off-highway motor vehicle that is not registered under the Vehicle Code to display an identification plate or device issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, except as specified. A violation of these rules and requirements is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 586	California SB 586 (20252026)	bill	Off-highwayelectricmotorcycles	enacted	Jones	7	30	10	2025-02-20	2025-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/90200e57-60b5-4361-8927-579f0ef50f0e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586	40339a87151a764bab839c4654f60081a7a5326a7cdb0ad768ad9075da3698b4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 586 (20252026) — Off-highway electric motorcycles.

Existing law defines an off-highway motor vehicle as a motor vehicle that operates on lands, other than a highway, that are open and accessible to the public, as specified. Existing law establishes rules for the operation of an off-highway vehicle and imposes specified safety requirements, including, among other things, a requirement that a person operating an off-highway vehicle wear a safety helmet. Existing law requires every off-highway motor vehicle that is not registered under the Vehicle Code to display an identification plate or device issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, except as specified. A violation of these rules and requirements 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. 04/24/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/16/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/10/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB586 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 586 Jones Senate Third Reading By Jeff Gonzalez — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB586 Jones et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jones — primary (person)
• Jeff Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Sanchez — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2025-03-05 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2025-03-25 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 710.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 839.) (April 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-29 Set for hearing May 5.
• 2025-05-01 May 5 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
• 2025-05-12 May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1205.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1516.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-16 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and W. P., & W. referral-committee
• 2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W. P., & W. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3071.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2874.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 588, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/90200e57-60b5-4361-8927-579f0ef50f0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).