republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2330.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recreational vehicle dealers: temporary branch licenses."
description: "Existing law requires that a recreational vehicle dealer being issued a temporary branch license for selling new recreational vehicles at a show submit certain documentation to the Department of Motor Vehicles, including, for example, a manufacturer's written authorization for the sale specifying the dates and location of the show. Existing law imposes certain requirements if 9 or fewer dealers are participating in the show, including that the show is 50 miles or more from the dealer's established place of business, and that promotional materials include the name and established place of business of each participating dealer. Existing law excepts from those requirements, a recreational vehicle dealer participating in an annual show sponsored by a national trade association of recreational vehicle manufacturers, if the show is located in a county with a population of 6,000,000 or more persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2330"
citation: "California AB 2330 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Recreational vehicle dealers: temporary branch licenses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bigelow"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-13"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/753d2903-90fc-4ac9-b1ac-82f5532d0c35"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2330"
source_hash: "c655ebcf536fd541473661c661c73804643753182b35b7282c604efa85cf2d42"
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 2330 (20172018) — Recreational vehicle dealers: temporary branch licenses.

Existing law requires that a recreational vehicle dealer being issued a temporary branch license for selling new recreational vehicles at a show submit certain documentation to the Department of Motor Vehicles, including, for example, a manufacturer's written authorization for the sale specifying the dates and location of the show. Existing law imposes certain requirements if 9 or fewer dealers are participating in the show, including that the show is 50 miles or more from the dealer's established place of business, and that promotional materials include the name and established place of business of each participating dealer. Existing law excepts from those requirements, a recreational vehicle dealer participating in an annual show sponsored by a national trade association of recreational vehicle manufacturers, if the show is located in a county with a population of 6,000,000 or more persons.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2330&version=20170AB233099INT)
2. **08/08/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2330&version=20170AB233098AMD)
3. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2330&version=20170AB233096CHP)
4. **AB2330** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2330)
5. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2330&version=20170AB233097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2330 BIGELOW Concurrence - Urgency Added — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2330 BIGELOW Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2330 Bigelow By Wilk Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bigelow — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5133.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-24** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** From Consent Calendar.
- **2018-06-14** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Anderson.
- **2018-08-06** From inactive file.
- **2018-08-06** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-09** Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5635.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6729.)
- **2018-08-29** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 7039.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 537, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/753d2903-90fc-4ac9-b1ac-82f5532d0c35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).