Jesse Arreguín
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 7
Author
Existing law makes it unlawful for a peace officer or an unauthorized person to remove an unattended vehicle from a highway, except as provided. Under existing law, the removal of a vehicle is a seizure, subject to the limits set forth in jurisprudence for the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county to adopt an ordinance establishing procedures for the abatement and removal, as public nuisances, of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles or parts of vehicles from private or public property. Existing law requires that any ordinance for the removal of abandoned vehicles contain certain provisions, including a provision exempting vehicles under certain circumstances, and a provision providing no less than a 10-day notice of intention to abate and remove the vehicle or part thereof as a public nuisance, unless the property owner and the owner of the vehicle sign releases. Existing law also exempts from the 10-day notice prior to removal provision, a vehicle meeting specified requirements, including being valued at less than $200 and being determined to be a public nuisance, if the property owner has signed a release. This bill would specifically authorize a local government to perform emergency summary abatement of vehicles creating imminent health and safety hazards. The bill would modify the exemption from prior 10-day notice of intention to abate and remove a vehicle to no longer require that both the vehicle be determined to be a public nuisance and that the property owner sign a release.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 14).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 1).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1437.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1210.) (May 23).
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Set for hearing May 23.
May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 5.
Withdrawn from committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HOUSING. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 842.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on HOUSING.
Set for hearing April 22.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
Re-referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and HOUSING.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
Read first time.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB692 | HTML |
| 02/21/25 - Introduced | |
| 03/25/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/09/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/23/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/03/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/16/25 - Amended Assembly |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/18/25- Senate Public Safety | |
| 05/02/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/23/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/27/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/30/25- Assembly Public Safety | |
| 07/11/25- Assembly Transportation |
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