republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-402.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: off-highway vehicle recreation: County of Inyo."
description: "Existing law authorizes an off-highway motor vehicle that has been issued a plate or device to be operated or driven upon a highway under certain circumstances. Existing law authorizes various public entities, and the Director of Parks and Recreation, to designate a highway, or portion thereof, for the combined use of regular vehicular traffic and off-highway motor vehicles if certain requirements are met."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 402"
citation: "California SB 402 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: off-highway vehicle recreation: County of Inyo."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Borgeas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0662a47e-bbab-4498-91fd-2f01317fc72a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB402"
source_hash: "d2933160aea87572dc574be90dc4bce5681b6e56146c240c3c3e0da57ae1cccd"
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 402 (20192020) — Vehicles: off-highway vehicle recreation: County of Inyo.

Existing law authorizes an off-highway motor vehicle that has been issued a plate or device to be operated or driven upon a highway under certain circumstances. Existing law authorizes various public entities, and the Director of Parks and Recreation, to designate a highway, or portion thereof, for the combined use of regular vehicular traffic and off-highway motor vehicles if certain requirements are met.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB402&version=20190SB40299INT)
2. **05/13/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB402&version=20190SB40298AMD)
3. **08/30/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB402&version=20190SB40296CHP)
4. **SB402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB402)
5. **08/21/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB402&version=20190SB40297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 402 Borgeas Senate Third Reading — **58–11** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Borgeas — primary (person)
- Bigelow — principal coauthor (person)
- Mathis — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 10. Noes 2. Page 656.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 777.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2019-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 968.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-13** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-13** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1159.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-03** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and W., P., & W. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
- **2019-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W., P., & W. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on W., P., & W. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-02** Coauthors revised.
- **2019-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 1.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 11. Page 2756.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-20** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 211, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0662a47e-bbab-4498-91fd-2f01317fc72a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).