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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles."
description: "Existing law prohibits a local authority from enacting or enforcing an ordinance on matters covered by the Vehicle Code unless expressly authorized by the Vehicle Code. Existing law authorizes local authorities to adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution regarding specified matters, including, among others, crossing guards, the operation of bicycles, the removal of illegally parked vehicles, and cruising, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 436"
citation: "California AB 436 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f58d832c-e601-4594-87b8-261fe07b7397"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB436"
source_hash: "225a84e3539d0d43e6e5d44e63be6b1f6c980a35559be54bdd4807adb1edb843"
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 436 (20232024) — Vehicles.
Existing law prohibits a local authority from enacting or enforcing an ordinance on matters covered by the Vehicle Code unless expressly authorized by the Vehicle Code. Existing law authorizes local authorities to adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution regarding specified matters, including, among others, crossing guards, the operation of bicycles, the removal of illegally parked vehicles, and cruising, as defined.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB436&version=20230AB43699INT)
2. **08/28/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB436&version=20230AB43698AMD)
3. **09/11/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB436&version=20230AB43697AMD)
4. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB436&version=20230AB43695CHP)
5. **AB436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB436)
6. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB436&version=20230AB43696ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (pass) · upper
- AB 436 Alvarez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **770** (pass) · lower
- AB 436 Alvarez Consent Calendar Second Day — **790** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB436 Alvarez et al. By Durazo — **303** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **140** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **140** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **131** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alvarez — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Cervantes — coauthor (person)
- Davies — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — author (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Ramos — author (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
- Stephanie Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Wicks — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19** Coauthors revised.
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1362.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-10** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-14** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-23** Introduced measure version corrected. `introduction`
- **2023-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Joint Rule 61(a)(13) suspended. (Page 2527.)
- **2023-09-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 2791.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3594.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 803, 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/f58d832c-e601-4594-87b8-261fe07b7397`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).