Bill Commons

CA AB 1272

enacted

Department of Motor Vehicles: occupational licensees.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1272 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1272 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-07-28): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 68, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1272 about?

Existing law makes it unlawful for the holder of an occupational license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to use the initials "DMV," the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words "Department of Motor Vehicles" in any business name or telephone number. This bill would add internet domain names to the above list of prohibited uses. By expanding the application of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. The bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA AB 1272?

Dixon is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1272.

Description

Existing law makes it unlawful for the holder of an occupational license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to use the initials "DMV," the Department of Motor Vehicles logogram, or the words "Department of Motor Vehicles" in any business name or telephone number. This bill would add internet domain names to the above list of prohibited uses. By expanding the application of a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. The bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-07-28 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 68, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
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Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Dixonauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-07-28

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 68, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-07-28

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-07-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-07-10

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  5. 2025-07-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2043.).

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  6. 2025-07-08

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  7. 2025-07-07

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  8. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2025-06-04

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  10. 2025-05-28

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  11. 2025-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1740.)

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  12. 2025-05-22

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  13. 2025-05-21

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 21).

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  14. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  15. 2025-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  17. 2025-03-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

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  18. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  19. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  20. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  21. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 07/11/25 - Enrolled — 2025-07-11Compare
  • 07/28/25 - Chaptered — 2025-07-28Compare
  • AB1272Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-07 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Rogers: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-05-21 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Hart: yes

  • AB 1272 Dixon Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-27 · pass · 76-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Alanis: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-24 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dahle: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Valladares: other

  • Consent Calendar 2nd

    2025-07-10 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Pérez: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Umberg: other

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