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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers."
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description: "Existing law establishes the New Motor Vehicle Board in the Department of Motor Vehicles, and requires the board to hear and decide certain protests presented by a motor vehicle franchisee in regard to a dispute with the vehicle manufacturer."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 473"
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citation: "California AB 473 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Motor vehicle manufacturers", "distributors", "and dealers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aguiar-Curry"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-06"
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last_action: "2023-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05069b51-379e-423d-a7c5-3f631792ef07"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB473"
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source_hash: "f150acd634b8cc8b1633c62aff83877cda9faf8e5c72107941614fc1eb72f460"
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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 AB 473 (20232024) — Motor vehicle manufacturers, distributors, and dealers.
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Existing law establishes the New Motor Vehicle Board in the Department of Motor Vehicles, and requires the board to hear and decide certain protests presented by a motor vehicle franchisee in regard to a dispute with the vehicle manufacturer.
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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. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB473&version=20230AB47399INT)
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2. **03/06/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB473&version=20230AB47398AMD)
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3. **03/15/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB473&version=20230AB47397AMD)
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4. **04/12/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB473&version=20230AB47396AMD)
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5. **06/15/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB473&version=20230AB47395AMD)
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6. **06/29/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB473&version=20230AB47394AMD)
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7. **07/03/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB473&version=20230AB47393AMD)
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8. **07/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB473&version=20230AB47392AMD)
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9. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB473&version=20230AB47390CHP)
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10. **AB473** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB473)
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11. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB473&version=20230AB47391ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **13–1** (pass) · upper
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- AB 473 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 473 Aguiar-Curry Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB473 Aguiar-Curry et al. By Umberg — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Aguiar-Curry — primary (person)
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- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
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- Connolly — coauthor (person)
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- Dodd — coauthor (person)
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- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
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- Gipson — coauthor (person)
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- Jackson — coauthor (person)
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- Jim Patterson — coauthor (person)
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- Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
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- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
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- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
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- Reyes — coauthor (person)
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- Sanchez — coauthor (person)
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- Ta — coauthor (person)
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- Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-03-07** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-15** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2023-04-12** 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`
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- **2023-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-25** Coauthors revised.
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- **2023-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1580.)
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1712.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-31** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (June 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2239.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3075.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 332, Statutes of 2023. `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/05069b51-379e-423d-a7c5-3f631792ef07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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