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CA AB 1765

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Vehicles: fee waivers for disabled veterans.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates or distinguishing placards to disabled veterans for purposes of certain parking privileges and fee exemptions. Commencing January 1, 2027, existing law exempts, except as specified, a vehicle that is owned by a disabled veteran, a former American prisoner of war, or a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient or a Purple Heart recipient, or the surviving spouse of a former American prisoner of war or Congressional Medal of Honor or Purple Heart recipient, who has elected to retain special license plates, that is of a type subject to registration under the Vehicle Code, and that is not used for hire, compensation, or profit, from certain fees imposed pursuant to the Vehicle Code and a vehicle license fee imposed for the privilege of operating specified vehicles. Existing law defines "vehicle" for purposes of these provisions as a passenger motor vehicle, a motorcycle, or a commercial motor vehicle of less than 8,001 pounds unladen weight. This bill would instead define a vehicle for purposes of the above-described provisions as a passenger motor vehicle, a motorcycle, or a commercial motor vehicle of less than 10,000 pounds unladen weight.

Introduced
2026-03-05
Status date
Latest action
2026-05-14 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Alanisauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-02-09

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2026-02-10

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.

  3. 2026-02-23

    Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and M. & V.A.

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  4. 2026-03-05

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

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  5. 2026-03-09

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  6. 2026-04-07

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.

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  7. 2026-04-15

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. 2026-05-06

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

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  9. 2026-05-14

    In committee: Held under submission.

Versions

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-04-06 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Lackey: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Hart: yes
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-14 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes

Related bills

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