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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vehicles: specialized license plates."
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description: "Existing law authorizes a person who is a firefighter, retired firefighter, or a surviving family member of a firefighter or retired firefighter to apply for special license plates for their vehicle. The special license plates, which contain the words \"California Firefighter\" and run in a regular numerical series, are issued upon application to the Department of Motor Vehicles, presentation of proof of certain facts, and payment of certain fees, including $35 for a renewal of registration that includes the continued display of the special license plate."
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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: "SB 374"
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citation: "California SB 374 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vehicles", "specialized license plates"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ashby"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-02-09"
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last_action: "2023-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25dce6f0-9a4f-4dd1-98dd-a66e1766e592"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374"
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source_hash: "7dacb1d3d5f6dc832d422a53119ddfffac8546a4872554dab6322ec8791b8a04"
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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 374 (20232024) — Vehicles: specialized license plates.
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Existing law authorizes a person who is a firefighter, retired firefighter, or a surviving family member of a firefighter or retired firefighter to apply for special license plates for their vehicle. The special license plates, which contain the words "California Firefighter" and run in a regular numerical series, are issued upon application to the Department of Motor Vehicles, presentation of proof of certain facts, and payment of certain fees, including $35 for a renewal of registration that includes the continued display of the special license plate.
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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. **02/09/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374&version=20230SB37499INT)
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2. **03/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374&version=20230SB37498AMD)
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3. **06/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374&version=20230SB37497AMD)
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4. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374&version=20230SB37495CHP)
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5. **SB374** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374)
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6. **09/05/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB374&version=20230SB37496ENR)
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## Votes
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- Special Consent SB374 Ashby et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar SB374 Ashby et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 374 Ashby Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ashby — primary (person)
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- Dodd — coauthor (person)
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- Flora — coauthor (person)
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- McGuire — coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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- Wood — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-07** Set for hearing March 28.
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- **2023-03-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 579.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Set for hearing April 10.
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- **2023-04-10** April 10 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2023-04-11** Set for hearing April 17.
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- **2023-04-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 814.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2023-05-04** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2801.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2023-08-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2023-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2240.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 602, 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/25dce6f0-9a4f-4dd1-98dd-a66e1766e592`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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