republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1572.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Service authorities for freeway emergencies: San Diego County."
description: "Existing law authorizes a service authority for freeway emergencies to be established in any county for the purpose of funding the installation of callboxes along freeways and expressways to enable motorists in need of aid to obtain assistance. Existing law provides that a service authority may impose an annual fee of $1 on vehicles registered in the county for this and other related purposes, which fee is collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1572"
citation: "California AB 1572 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Service authorities for freeway emergencies: San Diego County."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fletcher"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-02-01"
last_action: "2012-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa309dee-900d-496d-9d07-c62ccf819f18"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1572"
source_hash: "9cd6c297a073b9f2258320af303ea4e2eb97f62ea406ea8f61dcd02f363e5561"
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 1572 (20112012) — Service authorities for freeway emergencies: San Diego County.

Existing law authorizes a service authority for freeway emergencies to be established in any county for the purpose of funding the installation of callboxes along freeways and expressways to enable motorists in need of aid to obtain assistance. Existing law provides that a service authority may impose an annual fee of $1 on vehicles registered in the county for this and other related purposes, which fee is collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) .

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1572&version=20110AB157299INT)
2. **04/10/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1572&version=20110AB157298AMD)
3. **04/23/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1572&version=20110AB157297AMD)
4. **05/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1572&version=20110AB157296AMD)
5. **06/28/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1572&version=20110AB157295AMD)
6. **08/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1572&version=20110AB157294AMD)
7. **08/14/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1572&version=20110AB157293AMD)
8. **09/13/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1572&version=20110AB157291CHP)
9. **AB1572** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1572)
10. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1572&version=20110AB157292ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1572 FLETCHER Third Reading Urgency — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1572 FLETCHER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #16 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fletcher — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Block — author (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2012-02-17** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-04-10** 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`
- **2012-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-19** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-23** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-07** From consent calendar.
- **2012-05-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-05-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5029.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5169.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-14** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-15** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-08-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4785.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
- **2012-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6364.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2012-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 299, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa309dee-900d-496d-9d07-c62ccf819f18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).