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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vehicles: sound-activated enforcement devices."
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description: "Existing law requires every motor vehicle subject to registration to be equipped with an adequate muffler in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise and prohibits a muffler or exhaust system from being equipped with a cutout, bypass, or similar device. Existing law further prohibits the modification of an exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner that will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of the vehicle so that the vehicle exceeds existing noise limits when tested in accordance with specified standards."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 1079"
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citation: "California SB 1079 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vehicles: sound-activated enforcement devices."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Portantino"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2022-02-15"
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last_action: "2022-09-19"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10b1d039-03eb-4254-9a73-a15933aae5b0"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1079"
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source_hash: "97287bcd5f42b7abedf8cc2d582c9e48b96bdbf2dd6c6e5615b63e210af36a67"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 1079 (20212022) — Vehicles: sound-activated enforcement devices.
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Existing law requires every motor vehicle subject to registration to be equipped with an adequate muffler in constant operation and properly maintained to prevent any excessive or unusual noise and prohibits a muffler or exhaust system from being equipped with a cutout, bypass, or similar device. Existing law further prohibits the modification of an exhaust system of a motor vehicle in a manner that will amplify or increase the noise emitted by the motor of the vehicle so that the vehicle exceeds existing noise limits when tested in accordance with specified standards.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1079&version=20210SB107999INT)
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2. **03/29/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1079&version=20210SB107998AMD)
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3. **05/23/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1079&version=20210SB107997AMD)
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4. **06/22/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1079&version=20210SB107996AMD)
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5. **06/29/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1079&version=20210SB107995AMD)
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6. **09/19/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1079&version=20210SB107993CHP)
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7. **SB1079** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1079)
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8. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1079&version=20210SB107994ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB1079 Portantino et al. Concurrence — **37–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 1079 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Petrie-Norris — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **12–1** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB1079 Portantino et al. — **28–4** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **8–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Portantino — primary (person)
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- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
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- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
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- Min — coauthor (person)
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- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-02-15** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
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- **2022-02-16** From printer.
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- **2022-02-23** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-02** Set for hearing March 22.
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- **2022-03-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 1. Page 3184.) (March 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-03-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-14** Set for hearing May 3.
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- **2022-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 3596.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-23** Ordered to second reading.
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- **2022-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 4. Page 3977.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2022-06-02** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6180.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 5308.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2022-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 449, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/10b1d039-03eb-4254-9a73-a15933aae5b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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