republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-859.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: records: confidentiality."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the residence address in a record of the Department of Motor Vehicles to be kept confidential, with specified exceptions. One exception applies to a vehicle manufacturer licensed to do business in this state if the manufacturer, or its agent, under penalty of perjury, requests and uses the information only for the purpose of safety, warranty, or product recall if the manufacturer offers to make and makes any changes at no cost to the vehicle owner. Another exception applies to a dealer licensed to do business in this state if the dealer, or its agent, under penalty of perjury, requests and uses the information only for the purpose of completing registration transactions and documents. A violation of the Vehicle Code is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 859"
citation: "California SB 859 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: records: confidentiality."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Padilla"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fca3cba6-e4ee-47de-8e8d-3c47f209670c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB859"
source_hash: "91b20fe796c990a43f98d83599792f13e38ef724a9a20318e634aa46153b0f08"
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 859 (20112012) — Vehicles: records: confidentiality.

(1) Existing law requires the residence address in a record of the Department of Motor Vehicles to be kept confidential, with specified exceptions. One exception applies to a vehicle manufacturer licensed to do business in this state if the manufacturer, or its agent, under penalty of perjury, requests and uses the information only for the purpose of safety, warranty, or product recall if the manufacturer offers to make and makes any changes at no cost to the vehicle owner. Another exception applies to a dealer licensed to do business in this state if the dealer, or its agent, under penalty of perjury, requests and uses the information only for the purpose of completing registration transactions and documents. A violation of the Vehicle Code 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=201120120SB859&version=20110SB85999INT)
2. **05/10/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB859&version=20110SB85998AMD)
3. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB859&version=20110SB85997AMD)
4. **07/05/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB859&version=20110SB85996AMD)
5. **08/23/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB859&version=20110SB85995AMD)
6. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB859&version=20110SB85993CHP)
7. **SB859** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB859)
8. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB859&version=20110SB85994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- SB 859 Padilla Senate Third Reading By CAMPOS — **58–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB859 Padilla Concurrence — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **10–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Padilla — primary (person)
- Blumenfield — coauthor (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`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-17** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 621.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 861.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-13** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2011-05-23** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-25** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1123.) (May 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 1265.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-13** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-22** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (August 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 21. Page 2739.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 2245.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 346, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fca3cba6-e4ee-47de-8e8d-3c47f209670c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).