CA SB 712

in committee

Smog check: motor vehicles: exemption.

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 exempts specified vehicles from being inspected biennially upon renewal of registration, including, among others, all motor vehicles manufactured prior to 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 that passes a functional inspection of the fuel cap and a visual inspection for liquid fuel leaks. This bill would, commencing on January 1, 2027, additionally fully exempt from the smog check requirements, both biennially and at transfer, a motor vehicle that was manufactured prior to the 1981 model year, has been assigned a special identification plate indicating that it is a historical vehicle, and is insured as a collector motor vehicle, as specified. The bill, beginning January 1, 2028, would expand this exemption by one model year, every year, for 5 years. The bill would be known, and may be cited as, Leno's Law.

Introduced: 2025-02-21
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-08-29 — August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

2025-02-21
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
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2025-03-12
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
referral-committee
2025-03-24
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
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2025-03-25
Set for hearing April 8.
2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2. Page 711.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-10
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-16
April 21 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-17
Set for hearing April 28.
2025-04-28
April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-27
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1210.) (May 23).
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2025-05-28
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-04
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 1520.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-06-05
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-16
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
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2025-07-15
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 14).
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2025-07-16
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29
August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Versions

02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
05/28/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-28Compare
07/16/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-16Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-08 · pass · 12-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Cortese: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Menjivar: no
- Blakespear: no
- Limón: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-04-28 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Dahle: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: no
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading SB712 Grove et al.
2025-06-04 · pass · 32-3
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Limón: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Grove: yes
- Niello: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Jones: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Laird: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Choi: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Stern: no
- Blakespear: no
- Wahab: no
- Menjivar: other
- Allen: other
- Reyes: other
- Pérez: other
- Padilla: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-14 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Hoover: yes
- Ward: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Hart: yes
- Papan: other
- Harabedian: other

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