Evan Low
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 26
Author
Existing law prohibits a person from having in the person's possession or otherwise under the person's control more than one driver's license. Existing law prohibits the Department of Motor Vehicles from issuing a driver's license, or renewing a driver's license, of a person who holds a valid driver's license issued by a foreign jurisdiction unless the license has been surrendered to the department, or is lost or destroyed. Except as specified, existing law requires the department to require an applicant for an original driver's license to submit satisfactory proof of California residency and that the applicant's presence in the United States is authorized under federal law. Existing law requires the department, upon application for an original driver's license, except a student license, to require an examination of the applicant. Existing law requires the examination to test, among other things, the applicant's knowledge and understanding of the provisions of the Vehicle Code governing the operation of vehicles upon the highways, an actual demonstration of the applicant's ability to exercise ordinary and reasonable control in operating a motor vehicle by driving it under the supervision of an examining officer, and a test of the hearing and eyesight of the applicant, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to waive the driving test part of the examination for an applicant who submits a license issued by another state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico if the department verifies through any acknowledged national driver record data source that there are no stops, holds, or other impediments to its issuance. This bill, commencing on July 1, 2025, would authorize the department, for purposes of the issuance of a noncommercial class C driver's license, to the extent not prohibited by federal law or treaty, to waive the driving test part of the examination for an applicant who submits a driver's license issued by a foreign nation, as defined, under specified conditions, including a requirement that the foreign nation, in a memorandum of understanding, extends the same reciprocal privilege relating to the issuance of a driver's license to a person who holds a valid California driver's license. The bill would require an applicant to be 18 years of age or older, to submit satisfactory proof of California residency and specified documents issued by the foreign nation, and to have no stops, holds, or other impediments to issuance in the person's driving record. The bill would specify that an applicant may submit a driver's license issued by a foreign nation that is equivalent to a noncommercial or a commercial class A, class B, or class C California driver's license, but would require the California driver's license issued by the department to the applicant to be a noncommercial class C driver's license only. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 12804.9 of the Vehicle Code proposed by SB 287 to be operative only if this bill and SB 287 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 2499.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 2299.).
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2299.)
Motion to reconsider made by Senator Portantino.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Withdrawn from committee.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1793.)
Ordered to third reading.
From inactive file.
Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Low.
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Low.
From Consent Calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 14).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB723 | HTML |
| 02/16/21 - Introduced | |
| 06/21/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/16/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/26/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/03/21 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/19/21- Assembly Business and Professions | |
| 04/12/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/28/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 07/09/21- Senate Transportation | |
| 08/20/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/26/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/31/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/07/21- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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