republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-988.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "New Motor Vehicle Board: all-terrain vehicles: recreational off-highway vehicles."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the New Motor Vehicle Board that regulates the activities or practices of a new motor vehicle dealer, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, or representative, as those terms are defined by the Vehicle Code. Existing law requires licensing by the Department of Motor Vehicles to do these activities for specified types of vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 988"
citation: "California AB 988 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["New Motor Vehicle Board: all-terrain vehicles: recreational off-highway vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72167c5e-6317-42d1-a12c-0f76f857b80f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB988"
source_hash: "9111f360d48107e943a3e67de060b728cd72c8ee4d5b6f9bb0ce91670229cd46"
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 988 (20132014) — New Motor Vehicle Board: all-terrain vehicles: recreational off-highway vehicles.

(1) Existing law establishes the New Motor Vehicle Board that regulates the activities or practices of a new motor vehicle dealer, manufacturer, manufacturer branch, distributor, distributor branch, or representative, as those terms are defined by the Vehicle Code. Existing law requires licensing by the Department of Motor Vehicles to do these activities for specified types of vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB988&version=20130AB98899INT)
2. **05/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB988&version=20130AB98898AMD)
3. **06/15/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB988&version=20130AB98897AMD)
4. **08/25/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB988&version=20130AB98895CHP)
5. **AB988** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB988)
6. **08/13/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB988&version=20130AB98896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 988 JONES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB988 Jones By Huff — **34–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 988 JONES Assembly Third Reading — **75–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 1759.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-13** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-08-15** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 4366.). `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 75. Noes 1. Page 5945.). `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 279, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72167c5e-6317-42d1-a12c-0f76f857b80f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).