CA SB 1392

in committee

Smog check: exemption: collector motor vehicles.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law establishes a motor vehicle inspection and maintenance (smog check) program that is administered by the Department of Consumer Affairs. The smog check program requires inspection of motor vehicles upon initial registration, biennially upon renewal of registration, upon transfer of ownership, and in certain other circumstances. Existing law requires all motor vehicles to biennially obtain a certificate of compliance or noncompliance, as provided. Existing law exempts specified vehicles from obtaining the certificate of compliance or noncompliance, including, among others, all motor vehicles manufactured before the 1976 model year. Existing law also exempts from specified portions of the smog test, both biennially and at transfer, a collector motor vehicle that is insured as a collector motor vehicle, is at least 35 model years old, complies with the exhaust emissions standards for that motor vehicle's class and model year as prescribed by the department, and passes a functional inspection of the fuel cap and a visual inspection for liquid fuel leaks. Existing law defines collector motor vehicle for this purpose to mean a motor vehicle owned by a collector, as defined, used primarily in shows, parades, charitable functions, and historical exhibitions for display, maintenance, preservation, and not used primarily for transportation. This bill would expand the definition of a collector motor vehicle to include a motor vehicle that is at least 35 model years old and meets other criteria, as specified. This bill would exempt specified collector motor vehicles manufactured before the 1981 model year from the requirement to obtain a certificate of compliance or noncompliance upon initial registration, biennially upon renewal of registration, or upon transfer of ownership. The bill would extend the applicability of this exemption by one model year each year, beginning on and after January 1, 2028, until the final extension takes effect on and after January 1, 2032, that would exempt specified collector motor vehicles manufactured before the 1986 model year from the requirement to obtain the certificate of compliance or noncompliance. This bill would be known, and may be cited, as Jay Leno's Law.

Introduced: 2026-02-20
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-30 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

2026-02-20
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2026-02-23
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2026-02-23
Read first time.
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2026-03-04
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
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2026-03-26
Set for hearing April 14.
2026-04-09
April 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-04-10
Set for hearing April 21.
2026-04-15
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
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2026-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2. Page 3985.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-24
Set for hearing May 4.
2026-05-04
May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4275.) (May 14).
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2026-05-14
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 4360.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-19
Motion to reconsider made by Senator Cortese.
2026-05-19
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4366.)
2026-05-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 4366.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-20
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-26
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
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2026-06-24
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
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2026-06-30
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 10-2
Member-level votes (13)
- Valladares: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wiener: no
- Blakespear: no
- Menjivar: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-05-04 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass as amended
2026-05-14 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: other
3rd Reading SB1392 Cortese et al. Reconsider
2026-05-19 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Laird: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Niello: other
3rd Reading SB1392 Cortese et al.
2026-05-19 · pass · 29-5
Member-level votes (40)
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Jones: yes
- Laird: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Grove: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Stern: no
- Menjivar: no
- Padilla: no
- Wiener: no
- Blakespear: no
- Cabaldon: other
- Weber Pierson: other
- Pérez: other
- Allen: other
- Wahab: other
- Niello: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-29 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Papan: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ward: yes
- Davies: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Lackey: other
- Rogers: other
- Hart: other

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