republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2393.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle registration fees."
description: "Existing law authorizes a county, upon the adoption of a resolution by its board of supervisors, to impose a fee of $1 on all motor vehicles, except as provided, in addition to other fees imposed for the registration of a vehicle. Existing law requires registered owners of a commercial vehicle in a county that has so imposed that $1 fee to pay an additional $2 fee. Existing law requires the county, after deducting administrative costs, to pay those fees to the Controller quarterly. Existing law continuously appropriates the money generated by these fees to the Controller for disbursement to each county that has adopted a resolution as described above, and limits the expenditure of the money so disbursed to certain purposes related to law enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2393"
citation: "California AB 2393 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Vehicle registration fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Levine"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0af322a-98a9-4790-bc0e-d875b115c5f7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2393"
source_hash: "e40fe3c520562e04bbd73db6d3265316882f00d2fec3fc6b8c1b898c2507827a"
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 2393 (20132014) — Vehicle registration fees.

Existing law authorizes a county, upon the adoption of a resolution by its board of supervisors, to impose a fee of $1 on all motor vehicles, except as provided, in addition to other fees imposed for the registration of a vehicle. Existing law requires registered owners of a commercial vehicle in a county that has so imposed that $1 fee to pay an additional $2 fee. Existing law requires the county, after deducting administrative costs, to pay those fees to the Controller quarterly. Existing law continuously appropriates the money generated by these fees to the Controller for disbursement to each county that has adopted a resolution as described above, and limits the expenditure of the money so disbursed to certain purposes related to law enforcement.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2393&version=20130AB239399INT)
2. **07/03/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2393&version=20130AB239398AMD)
3. **08/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2393&version=20130AB239396CHP)
4. **AB2393** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2393)
5. **08/13/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2393&version=20130AB239397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government. — **9–6** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2393 Levine By DeSaulnier — **21–13** (pass) · upper
- AB 2393 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **42–32** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 2393 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **42–31** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Levine — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-10** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 9. Noes 6.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 31. Page 5201.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-07-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 4379.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 42. Noes 32. Page 5960.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 292, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0af322a-98a9-4790-bc0e-d875b115c5f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).