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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Off-highway electric motorcycles."
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description: "Existing law defines an off-highway motor vehicle as a motor vehicle that operates on lands, other than a highway, that are open and accessible to the public, as specified. Existing law establishes rules for the operation of an off-highway vehicle and imposes specified safety requirements, including, among other things, a requirement that a person operating an off-highway vehicle wear a safety helmet. Existing law requires every off-highway motor vehicle that is not registered under the Vehicle Code to display an identification plate or device issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, except as specified. A violation of these rules and requirements is a crime."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 586"
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citation: "California SB 586 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Off-highwayelectricmotorcycles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jones"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2025-10-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90200e57-60b5-4361-8927-579f0ef50f0e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586"
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source_hash: "40339a87151a764bab839c4654f60081a7a5326a7cdb0ad768ad9075da3698b4"
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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 586 (20252026) — Off-highway electric motorcycles.
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Existing law defines an off-highway motor vehicle as a motor vehicle that operates on lands, other than a highway, that are open and accessible to the public, as specified. Existing law establishes rules for the operation of an off-highway vehicle and imposes specified safety requirements, including, among other things, a requirement that a person operating an off-highway vehicle wear a safety helmet. Existing law requires every off-highway motor vehicle that is not registered under the Vehicle Code to display an identification plate or device issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, except as specified. A violation of these rules and requirements is a crime.
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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. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586&version=20250SB58699INT)
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2. **04/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586&version=20250SB58698AMD)
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3. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586&version=20250SB58697AMD)
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4. **07/16/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586&version=20250SB58696AMD)
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5. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586&version=20250SB58694CHP)
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6. **SB586** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586)
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7. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB586&version=20250SB58695ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Water, Parks, and Wildlife] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 586 Jones Senate Third Reading By Jeff Gonzalez — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB586 Jones et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jones — primary (person)
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- Jeff Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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- Sanchez — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
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- **2025-03-05** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-25** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 710.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 839.) (April 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-29** Set for hearing May 5.
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- **2025-05-01** May 5 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
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- **2025-05-12** May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1205.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1516.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-16** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and W. P., & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on W. P., & W. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on W. P., & W. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3071.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2874.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 588, Statutes of 2025. `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/90200e57-60b5-4361-8927-579f0ef50f0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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