republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-174.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Motor Vehicles in the Transportation Agency and prescribes the department's powers and duties. Existing law requires the department to publish the complete text of the Vehicle Code together with other laws relating to the use of highways or the operation of motor vehicles once every 2 years, to be distributed, upon request, to state and local governmental officers or agencies, federal agencies, public secondary schools in the state, and any other person, at a charge sufficient to pay the entire cost of publication and distribution. Existing law requires receipts from the sale of those publications to be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account, to reimburse the department for the entire cost to print and distribute the code. Existing law also requires the department to publish a synopsis or summary of the synopsis or summary without charge with each original vehicle registration and each original driver's license. Existing law requires the department to publish copies of the synopsis or summary, as specified, and to furnish copies to its field offices and to law enforcement agencies for general distribution, without charge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 174"
citation: "California AB 174 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b33d36a0-ac1c-44b0-8920-093e19e7c081"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB174"
source_hash: "88968ccd00830653c0e00794a5d2088f37c823ccbc6d1487a4585e8ffc1d3e8b"
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 174 (20212022) — Vehicles.

(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Motor Vehicles in the Transportation Agency and prescribes the department's powers and duties. Existing law requires the department to publish the complete text of the Vehicle Code together with other laws relating to the use of highways or the operation of motor vehicles once every 2 years, to be distributed, upon request, to state and local governmental officers or agencies, federal agencies, public secondary schools in the state, and any other person, at a charge sufficient to pay the entire cost of publication and distribution. Existing law requires receipts from the sale of those publications to be deposited in the Motor Vehicle Account, to reimburse the department for the entire cost to print and distribute the code. Existing law also requires the department to publish a synopsis or summary of the synopsis or summary without charge with each original vehicle registration and each original driver's license. Existing law requires the department to publish copies of the synopsis or summary, as specified, and to furnish copies to its field offices and to law enforcement agencies for general distribution, without charge.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/08/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB174&version=20210AB17499INT)
2. **02/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB174&version=20210AB17498AMD)
3. **09/05/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB174&version=20210AB17497AMD)
4. **09/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB174&version=20210AB17495CHP)
5. **AB174** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB174)
6. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB174&version=20210AB17496ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB174 BUDGET (Ting) By Skinner — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 174 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By TING — **56–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 174 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By TING — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-01-09** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 432.)
- **2021-02-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-02-22** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-02-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 18. Page 498.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-01** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2302.)
- **2021-09-01** Senate rules suspended.
- **2021-09-01** (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2303.)
- **2021-09-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-09-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2577.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 19. Page 3049.)
- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3054.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2021-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 254, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b33d36a0-ac1c-44b0-8920-093e19e7c081`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).