republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-463.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: hazardous materials."
description: "Existing law generally requires a motor carrier who directs the transportation of an explosive and a motor carrier who directs the transportation of a hazardous material, who is required to display specified placards, and a motor carrier who transports for a fee more than 500 pounds of a certain type of hazardous materials, to be licensed in accordance with the Vehicle Code, unless that code or regulations adopted pursuant to that code specifically exempt the motor carrier from the licensing requirements. Existing law prohibits the Department of the California Highway Patrol from issuing a license to transport hazardous materials to a motor carrier unless each terminal from which hazardous materials carrying vehicles are operated is in compliance with the Biennial Inspection of Terminals Program and is currently rated satisfactory. Existing law requires the department to adopt rules and regulations that provide for a temporary license to transport hazardous materials for motor carriers who, within the previous 3 years, have not been issued an unsatisfactory rating for specified inspections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 463"
citation: "California AB 463 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: hazardous materials."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tran"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2009-02-24"
last_action: "2009-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/848b1fb5-d158-4933-96b4-e4182fcb7a89"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB463"
source_hash: "b373275c34873c9c4ef5b6647758386b62523a47d7af2f90214fb38429935358"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 463 (20092010) — Vehicles: hazardous materials.

Existing law generally requires a motor carrier who directs the transportation of an explosive and a motor carrier who directs the transportation of a hazardous material, who is required to display specified placards, and a motor carrier who transports for a fee more than 500 pounds of a certain type of hazardous materials, to be licensed in accordance with the Vehicle Code, unless that code or regulations adopted pursuant to that code specifically exempt the motor carrier from the licensing requirements. Existing law prohibits the Department of the California Highway Patrol from issuing a license to transport hazardous materials to a motor carrier unless each terminal from which hazardous materials carrying vehicles are operated is in compliance with the Biennial Inspection of Terminals Program and is currently rated satisfactory. Existing law requires the department to adopt rules and regulations that provide for a temporary license to transport hazardous materials for motor carriers who, within the previous 3 years, have not been issued an unsatisfactory rating for specified inspections.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB463&version=20090AB46399INT)
2. **04/22/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB463&version=20090AB46398AMD)
3. **08/06/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB463&version=20090AB46396CHP)
4. **AB463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB463)
5. **07/13/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB463&version=20090AB46397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 463 TRAN Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #12 AB463 Tran — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tran — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-11** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1468.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-02** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-07-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1666.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-07-30** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2009-08-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-08-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 111, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/848b1fb5-d158-4933-96b4-e4182fcb7a89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).