republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-238.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle conditional sale contracts."
description: "The Rees-Levering Motor Vehicle Sales and Finance Act regulates motor vehicle conditional sale contracts, and, among other things, requires a person selling or leasing a motor vehicle under a conditional sale contract to disclose certain information to a buyer. A violation of those disclosure requirements makes a conditional sale contract unenforceable, except as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 238"
citation: "California AB 238 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor vehicle conditional sale contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Huber"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-03"
last_action: "2011-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2263b783-651f-4270-b380-c02a9cd29fcd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB238"
source_hash: "b40760a1d1ca4957438ab27ebade9633a2bad534f0ed7193af04d707768074e7"
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 238 (20112012) — Motor vehicle conditional sale contracts.

The Rees-Levering Motor Vehicle Sales and Finance Act regulates motor vehicle conditional sale contracts, and, among other things, requires a person selling or leasing a motor vehicle under a conditional sale contract to disclose certain information to a buyer. A violation of those disclosure requirements makes a conditional sale contract unenforceable, except as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB238&version=20110AB23899INT)
2. **04/04/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB238&version=20110AB23898AMD)
3. **08/29/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB238&version=20110AB23897AMD)
4. **09/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB238&version=20110AB23896AMD)
5. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB238&version=20110AB23894CHP)
6. **AB238** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB238)
7. **09/20/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB238&version=20110AB23895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 238 HUBER Consent Calendar Second Day — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB238 Huber By Fuller Urgency Clause — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 238 HUBER Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- amendments be concurred in. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Huber — primary (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2011-02-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 1047.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-08-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-09-01** Pursuant to Joint Rule 33.1, Joint Rule 61(a)(12) suspended. (Page 2225.)
- **2011-09-01** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2226.)
- **2011-09-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-09-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (September 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-09** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2438.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2011-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2011-09-09** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 28. Page 3193.)
- **2011-09-09** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (September 9). `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3216.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 526, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2263b783-651f-4270-b380-c02a9cd29fcd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).