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type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: safety regulations."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to regulate the safe operation of certain vehicles, including buses, truck tractors, and trailers, and to adopt certain rules and regulations pertaining to the operation of those vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 68"
citation: "California SB 68 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles", "safety regulations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4979788-27c9-435b-9f10-076423a56ef4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB68"
source_hash: "641ed8f3aa6d867c5383d6f25af4833c2bbcff0e19d2d020d3fad7617f7d1951"
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 SB 68 (20232024) — Vehicles: safety regulations.
Existing law requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to regulate the safe operation of certain vehicles, including buses, truck tractors, and trailers, and to adopt certain rules and regulations pertaining to the operation of those vehicles.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/05/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB68&version=20230SB6899INT)
2. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB68&version=20230SB6898AMD)
3. **06/26/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB68&version=20230SB6897AMD)
4. **08/31/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB68&version=20230SB6896AMD)
5. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB68&version=20230SB6894CHP)
6. **SB68** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB68)
7. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB68&version=20230SB6895ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **160** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **150** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **390** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **150** (pass) · lower
- SB 68 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Connolly — **790** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB68 McGuire Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- McGuire — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 5.
- **2023-01-18** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2023-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 688.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-14** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2023-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 853.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1057.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-18** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-26** 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`
- **2023-07-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-08-24** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bryan.
- **2023-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-08-31** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2956.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2749.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 699, 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/f4979788-27c9-435b-9f10-076423a56ef4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).