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CA AB 1588

enacted

Vehicles: Sideshow Accountability and Community Safety Act.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1588 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1588 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 366, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1588 about?

Existing law prohibits a person from, among other things, engaging in, aiding, or abetting a motor vehicle exhibition of speed on a highway or in an offstreet parking facility. Under existing law, a violation of this prohibition is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 90 days, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) , or by both that fine and imprisonment. Existing law, beginning on January 1, 2029, authorizes a court to suspend the privilege to operate a vehicle for 90 days to 6 months for a person who engages in, aids, or abets a motor vehicle exhibition of speed that occurred as part of a sideshow. For these purposes, existing law defines "sideshow" as an event in which 2 or more persons block or impede traffic on a highway or in an offstreet parking facility for the purpose of performing motor vehicle stunts, motor vehicle speed contests, motor vehicle exhibitions of speed, or reckless driving for spectators. This bill would revise the definition of sideshow to include the use or operation of any motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, motorcycles or off-highway motor vehicles, as specified, to barricade, block, impede, or otherwise obstruct traffic. The bill would also provide enhanced penalties for engaging in a motor vehicle exhibition of speed as part of a sideshow, including, as specified, increasing fines, requiring a mandatory minimum jail sentence, and making the offense punishable as a misdemeanor or felony if the offense proximately causes injury to another person. By increasing the punishment for an existing crime, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 23109 of the Vehicle Code proposed by AB 1830 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1830 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA AB 1588?

Stefani is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1588, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law prohibits a person from, among other things, engaging in, aiding, or abetting a motor vehicle exhibition of speed on a highway or in an offstreet parking facility. Under existing law, a violation of this prohibition is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 90 days, by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) , or by both that fine and imprisonment. Existing law, beginning on January 1, 2029, authorizes a court to suspend the privilege to operate a vehicle for 90 days to 6 months for a person who engages in, aids, or abets a motor vehicle exhibition of speed that occurred as part of a sideshow. For these purposes, existing law defines "sideshow" as an event in which 2 or more persons block or impede traffic on a highway or in an offstreet parking facility for the purpose of performing motor vehicle stunts, motor vehicle speed contests, motor vehicle exhibitions of speed, or reckless driving for spectators. This bill would revise the definition of sideshow to include the use or operation of any motor vehicle, including, but not limited to, motorcycles or off-highway motor vehicles, as specified, to barricade, block, impede, or otherwise obstruct traffic. The bill would also provide enhanced penalties for engaging in a motor vehicle exhibition of speed as part of a sideshow, including, as specified, increasing fines, requiring a mandatory minimum jail sentence, and making the offense punishable as a misdemeanor or felony if the offense proximately causes injury to another person. By increasing the punishment for an existing crime, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 23109 of the Vehicle Code proposed by AB 1830 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1830 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. 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. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced
2026-03-16
Latest action
2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 366, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Stefaniauthor
  • Dixoncoauthor
  • Elliscoauthor
  • Michelle Rodriguezcoauthor
  • Alaniscoauthor
  • Daviescoauthor
  • Arreguíncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-20

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 366, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-09-20

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.

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  4. 2026-08-30

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  5. 2026-08-30

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).

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  6. 2026-08-30

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  7. 2026-08-30

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  8. 2026-08-30

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).

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  9. 2026-08-30

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6930.).

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  10. 2026-08-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2026-08-21

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  12. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  13. 2026-08-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  15. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  17. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and PUB. S.

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  18. 2026-05-27

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

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  19. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.)

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  20. 2026-05-26

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5293.)

  21. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  22. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  23. 2026-05-06

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  24. 2026-04-21

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  25. 2026-04-21

    Coauthors revised.

  26. 2026-04-20

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  27. 2026-04-16

    Read second time and amended.

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  28. 2026-04-15

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14).

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  29. 2026-04-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  30. 2026-03-17

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  31. 2026-03-16

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

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  32. 2026-03-16

    Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and TRANS.

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  33. 2026-01-16

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.

  34. 2026-01-15

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 01/15/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-15Compare
  • 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
  • 04/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-16Compare
  • 08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
  • 09/03/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-03Compare
  • 09/20/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-20Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare
  • AB1588Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation]

    2026-04-14 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Lackey: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Nguyen: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-20 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Papan: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ávila Farías: other

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • AB 1588 Stefani Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-26 · pass · 75-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Elhawary: other
    • Kalra: other
    • Bryan: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Muratsuchi: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety]

    2026-06-23 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Seyarto: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-30 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes

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