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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports."
description: "Existing law generally prohibits a vehicle from exceeding a length of 40 feet, and a combination of vehicles from exceeding a total length of 65 feet, with various specific exceptions. Existing law, until January 1, 2016, exempts from these provisions a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor semitrailer combination with a kingpin to rearmost axle measurement limit of not more than 46 feet, a trailer length of not more than 56 feet, and used exclusively or primarily in connection with motorsports, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 1175"
citation: "California SB 1175 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walters"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec41d2c8-4a9a-4544-a24f-9294a5552a57"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175"
source_hash: "9961dbb038cce02973c0d7f6a7c488a090f6f726e9d1df3c8f352e899f075f5d"
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 1175 (20132014) — Vehicles: length limitations: motorsports.
Existing law generally prohibits a vehicle from exceeding a length of 40 feet, and a combination of vehicles from exceeding a total length of 65 feet, with various specific exceptions. Existing law, until January 1, 2016, exempts from these provisions a combination of vehicles consisting of a truck tractor semitrailer combination with a kingpin to rearmost axle measurement limit of not more than 46 feet, a trailer length of not more than 56 feet, and used exclusively or primarily in connection with motorsports, as defined.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117599INT)
2. **04/29/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117598AMD)
3. **05/12/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117597AMD)
4. **06/25/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117596AMD)
5. **08/18/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117595AMD)
6. **09/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117593CHP)
7. **SB1175** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175)
8. **08/28/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB1175&version=20130SB117594ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **170** (pass) · lower
- SB 1175 Walters Senate Third Reading By MELENDEZ — **790** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **130** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Supp 1 SB1175 Walters Concurrence — **360** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **100** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **360** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Walters — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2014-04-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3387.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-13** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2014-05-19** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-05-20** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3711.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3604.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-02** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-06** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6424.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-08-26** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4875.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2014-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 786, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec41d2c8-4a9a-4544-a24f-9294a5552a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).