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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: manufacturers and distributors."
description: "Existing law generally requires a manufacturer branch, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, transporter, or dealer of vehicles to be licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Under existing law, it is unlawful for a manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, or distributor branch to engage in specified activity. Violation of this law is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 642"
citation: "California SB 642 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: manufacturers and distributors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e70182b-c13a-47a6-84ba-ea9e4faa6d22"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642"
source_hash: "03db3649835f6333b49dae05697074ae4843542494ad814b5c4236911c4af2fd"
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 SB 642 (20112012) — Vehicles: manufacturers and distributors.
Existing law generally requires a manufacturer branch, remanufacturer, remanufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, transporter, or dealer of vehicles to be licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Under existing law, it is unlawful for a manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, or distributor branch to engage in specified activity. Violation of this law is a crime.
## 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=201120120SB642&version=20110SB64299INT)
2. **06/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642&version=20110SB64298AMD)
3. **06/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642&version=20110SB64297AMD)
4. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642&version=20110SB64296AMD)
5. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642&version=20110SB64294CHP)
6. **SB642** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642)
7. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB642&version=20110SB64295ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **161** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **82** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **100** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **50** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB642 Padilla Concurrence — **380** (pass) · upper
- SB 642 Padilla Senate Third Reading By DICKINSON — **721** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Padilla — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 765.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1035.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-21** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-28** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 7). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2584.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2151.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 342, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e70182b-c13a-47a6-84ba-ea9e4faa6d22`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).