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type: "Bill"
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title: "Department of Motor Vehicles: driver's licenses and identification cards."
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description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue and renew driver's licenses, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the department to issue identification cards. Existing law requires the department to issue a restricted driver's license to an eligible applicant who is unable to submit satisfactory proof that their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law if they meet all other qualifications for licensure and provide satisfactory proof of identity and California residency. Existing law also authorizes the department to issue an identification card to a person documented under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 1766"
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citation: "California AB 1766 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Department of Motor Vehicles: driver's licenses and identification cards."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Stone"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2022-02-02"
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last_action: "2022-09-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03e7a97e-2202-4afc-8efc-889e5164da53"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1766"
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source_hash: "7ab24c777c0219aa277fb683df83c18b4abf9a0dfa6e5d6c8526dfa1deb5a7de"
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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 1766 (20212022) — Department of Motor Vehicles: driver's licenses and identification cards.
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Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue and renew driver's licenses, as specified. Existing law also authorizes the department to issue identification cards. Existing law requires the department to issue a restricted driver's license to an eligible applicant who is unable to submit satisfactory proof that their presence in the United States is authorized under federal law if they meet all other qualifications for licensure and provide satisfactory proof of identity and California residency. Existing law also authorizes the department to issue an identification card to a person documented under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
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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. **02/02/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1766&version=20210AB176699INT)
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2. **04/06/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1766&version=20210AB176698AMD)
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3. **05/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1766&version=20210AB176697AMD)
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4. **06/20/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1766&version=20210AB176696AMD)
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5. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1766&version=20210AB176695AMD)
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6. **08/24/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1766&version=20210AB176694AMD)
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7. **09/23/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1766&version=20210AB176692CHP)
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8. **AB1766** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1766)
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9. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1766&version=20210AB176693ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1766 Stone Assembly Third Reading — **59–13** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **11–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1766 Stone Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–14** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB1766 Stone et al. By Rubio — **31–6** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Stone — primary (person)
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- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
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- Arambula — coauthor (person)
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- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
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- Becker — coauthor (person)
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- Bennett — coauthor (person)
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- Berman — coauthor (person)
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- Bryan — coauthor (person)
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- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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- Cortese — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — author (person)
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- Dodd — coauthor (person)
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- Durazo — principal coauthor (person)
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- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Friedman — author (person)
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- Gipson — author (person)
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- Hueso — coauthor (person)
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- Jones-Sawyer — author (person)
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- Kalra — author (person)
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- Lee — coauthor (person)
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- Low — coauthor (person)
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- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
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- Medina — coauthor (person)
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- Mia Bonta — coauthor (person)
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- Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk — coauthor (person)
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- Reyes — coauthor (person)
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- Robert Rivas — author (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Santiago — coauthor (person)
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- Skinner — coauthor (person)
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- Ting — coauthor (person)
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- Umberg — coauthor (person)
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- Wicks — coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
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- **2022-02-10** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-15** Coauthors revised.
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- **2022-03-22** Coauthors revised.
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- **2022-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 5). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-06** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 13.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2022-06-08** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-20** 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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- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 5198.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2022-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 14.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2022-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 482, Statutes of 2022. `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/03e7a97e-2202-4afc-8efc-889e5164da53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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