republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-462.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Air pollution districts: fees: schoolbuses."
description: "Existing law authorizes specified air pollution control and air quality management districts to adopt a fee applicable to motor vehicles registered in counties within that district, and requires the fee to be collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law, until January 1, 2015, authorizes the amount of the fee to be up to $6. Existing law requires the revenues from the first $4 of the fee to be used for specified purposes. Existing law requires that the revenues from the last $2 of the fee be used for specified programs that the district determines remediate air pollution harms created by motor vehicles, including purchases of new schoolbuses pursuant to the State Air Resources Board's Lower-Emission School Bus Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 462"
citation: "California AB 462 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Air pollution districts: fees: schoolbuses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Lowenthal"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6dcc6d6c-779a-449e-b006-7508d0eb1ac0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB462"
source_hash: "50e4cea822640217d17d176d1b4a07d156a1c58b1637fa68dc994a8345375e0b"
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 462 (20112012) — Air pollution districts: fees: schoolbuses.

Existing law authorizes specified air pollution control and air quality management districts to adopt a fee applicable to motor vehicles registered in counties within that district, and requires the fee to be collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law, until January 1, 2015, authorizes the amount of the fee to be up to $6. Existing law requires the revenues from the first $4 of the fee to be used for specified purposes. Existing law requires that the revenues from the last $2 of the fee be used for specified programs that the district determines remediate air pollution harms created by motor vehicles, including purchases of new schoolbuses pursuant to the State Air Resources Board's Lower-Emission School Bus Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB462&version=20110AB46299INT)
2. **03/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB462&version=20110AB46298AMD)
3. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB462&version=20110AB46297AMD)
4. **06/07/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB462&version=20110AB46296AMD)
5. **06/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB462&version=20110AB46295AMD)
6. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB462&version=20110AB46293CHP)
7. **AB462** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB462)
8. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB462&version=20110AB46294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 462 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — **58–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 462 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB462 Bonnie Lowenthal By Lowenthal — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bonnie Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-22** 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`
- **2011-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 1. Page 976.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-31** 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`
- **2011-06-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-07** 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`
- **2011-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-16** Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1854.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 2381.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 216, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6dcc6d6c-779a-449e-b006-7508d0eb1ac0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).