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type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Real Estate and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers: Bureau of Automotive Repair."
description: "Existing law, the Automotive Repair Act, provides for the registration and regulation of automotive repair dealers by the Bureau of Automotive Repair in the Department of Consumer Affairs. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor unless otherwise specified. Existing law authorizes the Director of Consumer Affairs to adopt and enforce those rules and regulations that the director determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of the act and declare the policy of the bureau. Existing law authorizes the director to include in the citation system a process for informal review of and recommendation on citations, as specified. Existing law subjects the bureau to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, as specified, and requires that review to be performed as if the act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 774"
citation: "California SB 774 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["BureauofAutomotiveRepair", "DepartmentofRealEstateandtheBureauofRealEstateAppraisers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37075077-c58e-4677-988a-3ef15a2cbf9b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB774"
source_hash: "b9b0dfd756820106985ce8a6ab85f34ab79de41e9cd3035dfe2e0683fd879019"
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 774 (20252026) — Department of Real Estate and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers: Bureau of Automotive Repair.
Existing law, the Automotive Repair Act, provides for the registration and regulation of automotive repair dealers by the Bureau of Automotive Repair in the Department of Consumer Affairs. A violation of these provisions is a misdemeanor unless otherwise specified. Existing law authorizes the Director of Consumer Affairs to adopt and enforce those rules and regulations that the director determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of the act and declare the policy of the bureau. Existing law authorizes the director to include in the citation system a process for informal review of and recommendation on citations, as specified. Existing law subjects the bureau to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, as specified, and requires that review to be performed as if the act were scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB774&version=20250SB77499INT)
2. **04/30/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB774&version=20250SB77498AMD)
3. **07/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB774&version=20250SB77497AMD)
4. **07/09/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB774&version=20250SB77496AMD)
5. **09/04/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB774&version=20250SB77495AMD)
6. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB774&version=20250SB77493CHP)
7. **SB774** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB774)
8. **09/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB774&version=20250SB77494ENR)
## Votes
- SB 774 Ashby Senate Third Reading By Berman — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **170** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **150** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **60** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent — **380** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB774 Ashby Concurrence — **370** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **110** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ashby — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2025-04-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 917.) (April 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2025-05-12** May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1213.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2025-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1329.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-09** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-04** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3276.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2998.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 786, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37075077-c58e-4677-988a-3ef15a2cbf9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).