republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-234.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recreational off-highway vehicles."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes rules for the operation of off-highway vehicles, including specified requirements governing the operation of recreational off-highway vehicles. A violation of these rules and requirements is a crime. Existing law prohibits a person who is operating a recreational off-highway vehicle from allowing a passenger to occupy a separate seat location not designed and provided by the manufacturer for a passenger."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "California SB 234 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Recreational off-highway vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walters"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-12"
last_action: "2013-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e805b9d6-5f65-4ddb-a838-83abbee5f0ea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB234"
source_hash: "07bc4bee5f7aab2dffedc618f98f50abc299799c9a2bd5848312d75589f75b9a"
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 234 (20132014) — Recreational off-highway vehicles.

(1) Existing law establishes rules for the operation of off-highway vehicles, including specified requirements governing the operation of recreational off-highway vehicles. A violation of these rules and requirements is a crime. Existing law prohibits a person who is operating a recreational off-highway vehicle from allowing a passenger to occupy a separate seat location not designed and provided by the manufacturer for a passenger.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB234&version=20130SB23499INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB234&version=20130SB23498AMD)
3. **06/10/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB234&version=20130SB23497AMD)
4. **08/27/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB234&version=20130SB23495CHP)
5. **SB234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB234)
6. **08/16/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB234&version=20130SB23496ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business (Urgency Clause) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 234 Walters Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #2 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walters — primary (person)
- Donnelly — principal coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2013-02-21** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-06** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2013-03-27** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-03-28** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2013-04-01** 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`
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 487.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-04-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 7122.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2483.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1848.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 179, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e805b9d6-5f65-4ddb-a838-83abbee5f0ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).