Wilson
Author
Existing law requires a vehicle to display a license plate, issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, with tabs that indicate the month and year the vehicle registration expires. Existing law authorizes the department to conduct a pilot program, until January 1, 2023, if certain conditions are met, to evaluate the use of alternatives to stickers, tabs, license plates, and registration cards. Under existing law, a person who alters, forges, counterfeits, or falsifies, among other things, a device issued pursuant to the pilot program, is guilty of a felony. This bill would require the department to establish a program authorizing an entity to issue alternatives to stickers, tabs, license plates, and registration cards under specified conditions that include, among others, approval of the alternative devices by the Department of the California Highway Patrol. The bill would make this authorization applicable to environmental license plates and specialized license plates displayed on an alternative device, as specified. The bill would allow the failure or malfunction of an alternative device to be deemed a correctable violation, as specified. The bill would require the provider of the device to build into the device a process for frequent notification if the device becomes defective and would require the provider to seek to replace defective devices as soon as possible. The bill would require an entity seeking approval to issue alternative devices or electronic vehicle registration cards to submit a business plan to the Department of Motor Vehicles, as specified. The bill would require the department to adopt regulations to carry out the program, including establishing reasonable fees to reimburse the department for the costs of implementing the program, reporting requirements, and to determine standards necessary for the safe use of alternative products, and would extend the existing authorization for a pilot program described above until the effective date of those regulations. The bill would make alteration, forgery, counterfeit, or falsification of a device issued pursuant to these provisions a felony. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would generally prohibit an alternative device from being equipped with GPS or other vehicle location tracking capability, but would allow tracking technology to be installed on alternative devices used by specified vehicles, including fleet and commercial vehicles. The bill would generally prohibit an employer from using an alternative device equipped with tracking technology to monitor employees, except the bill would allow an employer to use an alternative device to locate, track, watch, listen to, or otherwise surveil an employee during work hours if strictly necessary for the performance of the employee's duties. The bill would require the employer to first notify the employee that monitoring will occur, as specified, and would allow an employee to disable the alternative device's monitoring capabilities, including vehicle location technology, outside of work hours. The bill would impose civil penalties for a violation of these requirements and authorize the issuance of citations, as prescribed. The bill would also prohibit retaliation against an employee by an employer or a person acting on the employer's behalf for disabling an alternative device's monitoring capabilities outside of work hours, and would authorize an employee to file a complaint with the Labor Commissioner for a violation of that prohibition. The bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to, by no later than January 1, 2024, recall any alternative devices equipped with GPS or other tracking technology that have been issued, pursuant to the existing pilot program, to vehicles other than those specified vehicles, including fleet and commercial vehicles, for which GPS or other tracking technology is authorized. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 746, Statutes of 2022.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0.).
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 30).
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5211.).
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Ordered to second reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From inactive file.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2565.).
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hueso.
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2569.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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 7. Noes 0.) (August 26).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 13).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 24).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 2. Page 1737.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 20).
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1460.)
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22).
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 5).
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB984 | HTML |
| 02/18/21 - Introduced | |
| 04/07/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/27/21 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/28/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/01/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/15/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/26/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/03/21 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/02/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/25/22 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/02/22 - Enrolled | |
| 09/29/22 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/02/21- Assembly Transportation | |
| 04/20/21- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection | |
| 05/17/21- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/24/21- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/21/21- Senate Transportation | |
| 07/09/21- Senate Judiciary | |
| 08/22/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/27/21- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/31/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/07/21- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/23/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/26/22- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/30/22- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | PDF PDF |
| 08/30/22- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection |
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