Vince Fong
- Republican
Author
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to require an examination for issuance of a driver's license. The examination is required to be appropriate to the type of motor vehicle or combination of vehicles the applicant desires a license to drive or tow, in accordance with certain license classifications, and includes a driving demonstration. Existing law authorizes the department to grant a license to operate a motorcycle or motor-driven cycle, as defined, to applicants who are already licensed to drive other specified vehicles and pass an examination. Existing law establishes a motorcycle safety program administered by the Department of the California Highway Patrol to enhance motorcycle operation and safety and authorizes the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol to adopt standards for course content and instructional quality control for a novice rider training course, among other things. Existing law prohibits the commissioner from directly managing or providing program services and requires that services are provided under contractual arrangements or grant funding. This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish a pilot program in order to evaluate the use of motorcycle safety program service providers and grant recipients to administer the driving demonstration portion of an exam to receive a license to drive a motorcycle, as specified. The bill would require a minimum of 25% of motorcycle safety program service providers and grant recipient sites to participate in the program. The bill would require the department, if it determined that participating instructors were passing applicants without administering the examination, to revoke the instructors' participation in the pilot program, among other consequences. These provisions would be repealed on January 1, 2025. The bill would require the department, in conjunction with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, to report specified information to the Legislature, including the number of participants, a comparison of the pass and failure rates, and a recommendation as to whether the program should be extended, among other things. These provisions would be repealed on January 1, 2028.
In committee: Held under submission.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4976.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19).
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2125 | HTML |
| 02/15/22 - Introduced | |
| 04/07/22 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/19/22 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/14/22- Assembly Transportation | |
| 05/16/22- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/24/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/24/22- Senate Transportation | |
| 07/29/22- Senate Appropriations |
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