republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1125.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicle Code: infractions."
description: "Under existing law, a person who willfully violates their written promise to appear in court or before a person authorized to receive a deposit of bail is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law authorizes the clerk of the court to accept a payment and forfeiture of at least 10% of the total bail amount for each infraction violation of the Vehicle Code prior to a specified date if specified circumstances exist, including, among other things, that the defendant signs a written agreement to pay and forfeit the remainder of the required bail according to an installment schedule. Under existing law, if a person convicted of an infraction fails to pay bail in installments, as agreed to with the court, the court may impound a person's driver's license and order the person not to drive, or order that the person limit their driving to their place of employment, for a period not to exceed 30 days."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1125"
citation: "California AB 1125 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicle Code", "infractions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hart"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-02-15"
last_action: "2023-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c34a38b-7fa5-41d1-8f5c-0d6a3429970c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1125"
source_hash: "7af4864e906524be06a1bf101b861b1cbe315d0a835ffd9467ed494682cf5d27"
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 1125 (20232024) — Vehicle Code: infractions.

Under existing law, a person who willfully violates their written promise to appear in court or before a person authorized to receive a deposit of bail is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law authorizes the clerk of the court to accept a payment and forfeiture of at least 10% of the total bail amount for each infraction violation of the Vehicle Code prior to a specified date if specified circumstances exist, including, among other things, that the defendant signs a written agreement to pay and forfeit the remainder of the required bail according to an installment schedule. Under existing law, if a person convicted of an infraction fails to pay bail in installments, as agreed to with the court, the court may impound a person's driver's license and order the person not to drive, or order that the person limit their driving to their place of employment, for a period not to exceed 30 days.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1125&version=20230AB112599INT)
2. **03/02/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1125&version=20230AB112598AMD)
3. **06/15/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1125&version=20230AB112597AMD)
4. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1125&version=20230AB112595CHP)
5. **AB1125** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1125)
6. **09/12/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1125&version=20230AB112596ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1125 Hart By Limón — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1125 Hart Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1125 Hart Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hart — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2023-03-02** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** 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`
- **2023-03-06** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1412.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-08** From Consent Calendar.
- **2023-06-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-06-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2482.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2023-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3194.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 356, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c34a38b-7fa5-41d1-8f5c-0d6a3429970c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).