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CA AB 658

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Vehicles: registration fees.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 658 pass?

No. CA AB 658 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-02-02). Latest recorded action (2026-02-02): From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

What is CA AB 658 about?

Existing law requires a registration fee to be paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the registration of each vehicle or trailer coach of a type subject to registration under the Vehicle Code, except those vehicles that are expressly exempted from the payment of registration fees. This bill would require the department, if there is an increase in the registration fee described above, to complete and post an affordability impact analysis on its internet website within 6 months of the date that the increase becomes effective. The bill would require the affordability impact analysis to include, among other things, the average increase in annual vehicle registration costs over the past 5 years and the total number of vehicles with delinquent registrations.

Who sponsors CA AB 658?

Jeff Gonzalez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 658, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law requires a registration fee to be paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the registration of each vehicle or trailer coach of a type subject to registration under the Vehicle Code, except those vehicles that are expressly exempted from the payment of registration fees. This bill would require the department, if there is an increase in the registration fee described above, to complete and post an affordability impact analysis on its internet website within 6 months of the date that the increase becomes effective. The bill would require the affordability impact analysis to include, among other things, the average increase in annual vehicle registration costs over the past 5 years and the total number of vehicles with delinquent registrations.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-02-02 — From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Bill type
bill
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Jeff Gonzalezauthor
  • Lackeycoauthor
  • Castillocoauthor
  • Ochoa Boghcoauthor
  • Seyartocoauthor

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-15

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  4. 2026-01-31

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

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  5. 2026-02-02

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB658

Attribution

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