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CA AB 983

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Vehicles: removal and impoundment.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 983 pass?

No. CA AB 983 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-02-02): From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

What is CA AB 983 about?

Existing law requires a magistrate to issue a warrant or order authorizing a peace officer to immediately seize and cause the removal of a vehicle if the magistrate is presented with a peace officer's affidavit establishing reasonable cause to believe that the vehicle was an instrumentality used in the peace officer's presence in violation of specified offenses, including, among others, a person who engages in a motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed on a highway or in an offstreet parking facility, as specified. Existing law makes it a crime to drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than 100 miles per hour. This bill would include the above-described crime in the list of offenses for which a peace officer may impound a vehicle pursuant to a warrant or order issued by a magistrate.

Who sponsors CA AB 983?

Macedo is the primary sponsor of CA AB 983.

Description

Existing law requires a magistrate to issue a warrant or order authorizing a peace officer to immediately seize and cause the removal of a vehicle if the magistrate is presented with a peace officer's affidavit establishing reasonable cause to believe that the vehicle was an instrumentality used in the peace officer's presence in violation of specified offenses, including, among others, a person who engages in a motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed on a highway or in an offstreet parking facility, as specified. Existing law makes it a crime to drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than 100 miles per hour. This bill would include the above-described crime in the list of offenses for which a peace officer may impound a vehicle pursuant to a warrant or order issued by a magistrate.

Introduced
2025-04-10
Latest action
2026-02-02 — From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Bill type
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Sponsors

  • Macedoauthor

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-02-02

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

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  2. 2026-01-31

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

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  3. 2025-04-29

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

  4. 2025-04-22

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

  5. 2025-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  6. 2025-04-10

    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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  7. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  8. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  9. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB983

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