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CA SB 1218

enacted

Vehicle immobilization: illegal dumping violation penalties.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 1218 pass?

Yes. CA SB 1218 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 425, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 1218 about?

Existing law authorizes a peace officer, as defined, or a regularly employed and salaried employee who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations, as specified, to immobilize a vehicle with a device made for that purpose, if the vehicle is found upon a highway or public lands within the officer or employee's jurisdiction, and the vehicle has been issued 5 or more notices of parking violations that are delinquent because the owner or person in control of the vehicle has not responded within the prescribed time period, or the registered owner has been issued 5 or more notices for failure to pay or failure to appear in court for traffic violations, as specified. Existing law allows a vehicle to be immobilized until the owner or person in control of the vehicle presents the immobilizing law enforcement agency with specified information, including evidence that all outstanding parking penalties have been paid. Existing law makes it unlawful and punishable as an infraction for a person to dump or cause to be dumped waste matter upon a public or private highway or road, upon private property without the consent of the owner, or in or upon a public park or other public property, as specified. Existing law also makes it unlawful and punishable as a misdemeanor for a person to place, deposit, or dump, or cause to be placed, deposited, or dumped, waste matter in commercial quantities, as specified. This bill would similarly authorize the immobilization of a vehicle with a device made for that purpose if the registered owner of the vehicle has been issued a certain number of notices of illegal dumping violation that are delinquent, or is known to have been issued a certain number notices for failure to pay or failure to appear in court for an illegal dumping violation, as specified.

Who sponsors CA SB 1218?

Arreguín is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1218, joined by 5 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law authorizes a peace officer, as defined, or a regularly employed and salaried employee who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations, as specified, to immobilize a vehicle with a device made for that purpose, if the vehicle is found upon a highway or public lands within the officer or employee's jurisdiction, and the vehicle has been issued 5 or more notices of parking violations that are delinquent because the owner or person in control of the vehicle has not responded within the prescribed time period, or the registered owner has been issued 5 or more notices for failure to pay or failure to appear in court for traffic violations, as specified. Existing law allows a vehicle to be immobilized until the owner or person in control of the vehicle presents the immobilizing law enforcement agency with specified information, including evidence that all outstanding parking penalties have been paid. Existing law makes it unlawful and punishable as an infraction for a person to dump or cause to be dumped waste matter upon a public or private highway or road, upon private property without the consent of the owner, or in or upon a public park or other public property, as specified. Existing law also makes it unlawful and punishable as a misdemeanor for a person to place, deposit, or dump, or cause to be placed, deposited, or dumped, waste matter in commercial quantities, as specified. This bill would similarly authorize the immobilization of a vehicle with a device made for that purpose if the registered owner of the vehicle has been issued a certain number of notices of illegal dumping violation that are delinquent, or is known to have been issued a certain number notices for failure to pay or failure to appear in court for an illegal dumping violation, as specified.

Introduced
2026-02-19
Latest action
2026-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 425, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Arreguínauthor
  • Archuletacoauthor
  • Menjivarcoauthor
  • Richardsoncoauthor
  • Seyartocoauthor
  • Bontacoauthor

Committees

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Action timeline

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  1. 2026-09-20

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 425, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-09-20

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-08-30

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.

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  4. 2026-08-25

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  5. 2026-08-25

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5741.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  6. 2026-08-24

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-24

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  8. 2026-08-24

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6375.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  9. 2026-08-17

    Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-17

    Read third time and amended.

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  11. 2026-08-06

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2026-08-05

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).

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  13. 2026-07-01

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2026-06-30

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 29).

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  15. 2026-06-08

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  16. 2026-05-20

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  17. 2026-05-20

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4378.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  18. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2026-05-14

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  20. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4269.) (May 14).

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  21. 2026-05-08

    Set for hearing May 14.

  22. 2026-04-27

    April 27 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  23. 2026-04-17

    Set for hearing April 27.

  24. 2026-04-15

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3873.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  25. 2026-03-26

    Set for hearing April 14.

  26. 2026-03-04

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  27. 2026-02-20

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  28. 2026-02-19

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
  • 05/14/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-05-14Compare
  • 07/01/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-07-01Compare
  • 08/17/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-17Compare
  • 08/27/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-27Compare
  • SB1218Compare
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Documents

Votes

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

    2026-04-14 · pass · 12-0

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

  • Placed on suspense file

    2026-04-27 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Richardson: yes

  • Do pass as amended

    2026-05-14 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • 3rd Reading SB1218 Arreguín et al.

    2026-05-20 · pass · 37-0

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

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

    2026-06-29 · pass · 15-0

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

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1218

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