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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicular air pollution: Clean Transportation Program: vehicle registration and identification plate service fees: smog abatement fee: extension."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2024, increases the smog abatement fee on certain vehicles by a specified amount and requires the revenues generated by the increase to be deposited in the Air Quality Improvement Fund and the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 126"
citation: "California AB 126 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Clean Transportation Program", "Vehicular air pollution", "extension", "smog abatement fee", "vehicle registration and identification plate service fees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe1a65b0-0229-40af-adad-f06b572931c7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB126"
source_hash: "5359826e774a05553a2bab80aceec4ad55827c2e2778d6836888a5541a5e06e4"
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 126 (20232024) — Vehicular air pollution: Clean Transportation Program: vehicle registration and identification plate service fees: smog abatement fee: extension.
Existing law, until January 1, 2024, increases the smog abatement fee on certain vehicles by a specified amount and requires the revenues generated by the increase to be deposited in the Air Quality Improvement Fund and the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB126&version=20230AB12699INT)
2. **02/01/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB126&version=20230AB12698AMD)
3. **06/24/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB126&version=20230AB12697AMD)
4. **09/11/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB126&version=20230AB12696AMD)
5. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB126&version=20230AB12694CHP)
6. **AB126** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB126)
7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB126&version=20230AB12695ENR)
## Votes
- 2nd Reading AB126 Reyes et al. Gonzalez Urgency Clause — **308** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **105** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **134** (pass) · upper
- AB 126 Budget Assembly Third Reading By TING — **6014** (pass) · lower
- AB 126 REYES Concurrence - Urgency Added — **6112** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Reyes — primary (person)
- Alvarez — principal coauthor (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — principal coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — author (person)
- Holden — coauthor (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — principal coauthor (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — principal coauthor (person)
- Zbur — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10** From printer. May be heard in committee February 9.
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** 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`
- **2023-02-02** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 732.)
- **2023-03-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-03-20** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 841.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-24** 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`
- **2023-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (June 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-14** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-11** Joint Rules 61 and 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2584.)
- **2023-09-11** Senate Rules Suspended (Ayes 30. Noes 8.)
- **2023-09-11** 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`
- **2023-09-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (September 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-14** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2821.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3616.)
- **2023-09-14** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 3616.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 319, 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/fe1a65b0-0229-40af-adad-f06b572931c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).