republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-309.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles that appear to be used by law enforcement: ownership or operation by public historical society or museum."
description: "Existing law generally prohibits a person from owning or operating a vehicle that resembles a law enforcement vehicle, with various exceptions that include using a vehicle exclusively for movie or television production with signs stating \"movie car\" prominently on the doors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 309"
citation: "California AB 309 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles that appear to be used by law enforcement: ownership or operation by public historical society or museum."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86e690c2-495c-4b53-ad97-ebb46e624b60"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB309"
source_hash: "f07af430e576089424518733c0876fa80ace6e2367fe013fc67e5103f2ce65da"
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 309 (20192020) — Vehicles that appear to be used by law enforcement: ownership or operation by public historical society or museum.

Existing law generally prohibits a person from owning or operating a vehicle that resembles a law enforcement vehicle, with various exceptions that include using a vehicle exclusively for movie or television production with signs stating "movie car" prominently on the doors.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB309&version=20190AB30999INT)
2. **05/09/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB309&version=20190AB30998AMD)
3. **06/17/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB309&version=20190AB30997AMD)
4. **07/02/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB309&version=20190AB30996AMD)
5. **09/06/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB309&version=20190AB30994CHP)
6. **AB309** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB309)
7. **08/27/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB309&version=20190AB30995ENR)

## Votes

- AB 309 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB309 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 309 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1564.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1617.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-03** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-07-03** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-19** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2244.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2833.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 260, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86e690c2-495c-4b53-ad97-ebb46e624b60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).