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type: "Bill"
title: "Neighborhood electric vehicles: County of Los Angeles."
description: "Existing law defines \"low-speed vehicle\" for purposes of the Vehicle Code as a motor vehicle with 4 wheels that is capable of a minimum speed of 20 miles per hour and a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour on a paved level surface and that has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds. Existing law imposes certain restrictions on the use of low-speed vehicles on public streets and highways, and generally requires an operator of a low-speed vehicle to have a driver's license. A low-speed vehicle is also known as a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) . A violation of the Vehicle Code is an infraction, unless otherwise specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2432"
citation: "California AB 2432 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Neighborhood electric vehicles: County of Los Angeles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Muratsuchi"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48d23f15-693c-4571-b03b-4a9a4db6687b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2432"
source_hash: "21b68f6708448f1abc9a70334ede7dca6dbbfbdcd1f84878e93ca7021f657946"
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 2432 (20212022) — Neighborhood electric vehicles: County of Los Angeles.
Existing law defines "low-speed vehicle" for purposes of the Vehicle Code as a motor vehicle with 4 wheels that is capable of a minimum speed of 20 miles per hour and a maximum speed of 25 miles per hour on a paved level surface and that has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 3,000 pounds. Existing law imposes certain restrictions on the use of low-speed vehicles on public streets and highways, and generally requires an operator of a low-speed vehicle to have a driver's license. A low-speed vehicle is also known as a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV) . A violation of the Vehicle Code is an infraction, unless otherwise specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2432&version=20210AB243299INT)
2. **03/31/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2432&version=20210AB243298AMD)
3. **06/16/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2432&version=20210AB243297AMD)
4. **08/22/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2432&version=20210AB243295CHP)
5. **AB2432** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2432)
6. **08/05/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2432&version=20210AB243296ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **150** (pass) · upper
- AB 2432 Muratsuchi Consent Calendar Second Day — **610** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **150** (pass) · lower
- AB 2432 Muratsuchi Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **770** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB2432 — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Muratsuchi — primary (person)
- Valladares — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2022-03-03** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4581.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-18** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4575.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2022-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 158, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48d23f15-693c-4571-b03b-4a9a4db6687b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).