republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1047.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: motorcycle safety."
description: "Existing law establishes the motorcyclist safety program in the Department of the California Highway Patrol, to be administered by the commissioner of the department. Existing law authorizes the commissioner, through contracts with other public agencies or with private entities, to fund projects to enhance motorcycle operation or safety such as rider training programs, to sponsor and coordinate efforts to increase motorists' awareness of motorcyclists, to sponsor research on communicating motorcyclist safety to highway users, and to adopt standards relating to a novice motorcyclist training program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1047"
citation: "California AB 1047 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: motorcycle safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/882d0dc2-0a65-4abb-8b90-f1b3f3fa82c5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1047"
source_hash: "c57bbe4d3698d42020f2a2f9cf3619f5394f34dead0fbfed9da0d22b34846898"
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 1047 (20112012) — Vehicles: motorcycle safety.

Existing law establishes the motorcyclist safety program in the Department of the California Highway Patrol, to be administered by the commissioner of the department. Existing law authorizes the commissioner, through contracts with other public agencies or with private entities, to fund projects to enhance motorcycle operation or safety such as rider training programs, to sponsor and coordinate efforts to increase motorists' awareness of motorcyclists, to sponsor research on communicating motorcyclist safety to highway users, and to adopt standards relating to a novice motorcyclist training program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1047&version=20110AB104799INT)
2. **01/04/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1047&version=20110AB104798AMD)
3. **01/12/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1047&version=20110AB104797AMD)
4. **05/30/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1047&version=20110AB104796AMD)
5. **07/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1047&version=20110AB104794CHP)
6. **AB1047** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1047)
7. **07/05/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1047&version=20110AB104795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1047 JEFFRIES Assembly Third Reading — **55–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1047 Jeffries By DeSaulnier — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1047 JEFFRIES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffries — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2012-01-04** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (January 9). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-01-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 5. Page 3513.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-02** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-05-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4179.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-07-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5553.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:20 p.m.
- **2012-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 89, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/882d0dc2-0a65-4abb-8b90-f1b3f3fa82c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).