republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-1660.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's licenses: nondiscrimination."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue an original driver's license to a person who is unable to submit satisfactory proof that the applicant's presence in the United States is authorized under federal law if he or she meets all other qualifications for licensure and provides satisfactory proof to the department of his or her identity and California residency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1660"
citation: "California AB 1660 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver's licenses: nondiscrimination."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alejo"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-12"
last_action: "2014-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89353315-ad8f-4789-b5d2-b9650857272c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1660"
source_hash: "9d3dca5342a9f6a36c3cbe246870ee72be8b02339af091db7ca62b16976ba6c0"
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 1660 (20132014) — Driver's licenses: nondiscrimination.

Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue an original driver's license to a person who is unable to submit satisfactory proof that the applicant's presence in the United States is authorized under federal law if he or she meets all other qualifications for licensure and provides satisfactory proof to the department of his or her identity and California residency.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1660&version=20130AB166099INT)
2. **02/25/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1660&version=20130AB166098AMD)
3. **04/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1660&version=20130AB166097AMD)
4. **08/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1660&version=20130AB166096AMD)
5. **09/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1660&version=20130AB166094CHP)
6. **AB1660** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1660)
7. **09/03/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1660&version=20130AB166095ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1660 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — **50–17** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1660 Alejo By Lara — **27–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- AB 1660 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–19** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alejo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2014-02-20** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-02-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-02-26** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 17. Page 4715.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 3. Page 4866.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-27** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 6571.)
- **2014-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 6581.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 452, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89353315-ad8f-4789-b5d2-b9650857272c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).