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Measure
Authors Cortese  
Coauthors: Archuleta   Ashby   Dahle   Gonzalez   Strickland   Chen   Flora  
Subject Vehicle dealers: document processing charge.
Relating To relating to vehicles.
Title An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 4456.5 and 11713.1 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
Last Action Dt 2025-09-13
State Enrolled
Status In Floor Process
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Vote Req Approp Fiscal Cmte Local Prog Subs Chgs Urgency Tax Levy Active?
Majority No No No None No No Y
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Bill Actions
2025-10-13     In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-13     Vetoed by the Governor.
2025-09-22     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2025-09-10     Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2830.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-08     In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-08     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 3. Page 3010.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-09-03     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-02     Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-08-20     August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-15     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-03     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-06-09     Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-06-04     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-06-03     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 1. Page 1457.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-08     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-07     Ordered to second reading.
2025-05-07     Withdrawn from committee.
2025-05-06     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-30     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-23     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 12. Noes 1. Page 843.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-04-08     Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-02     Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-03-24     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-03-12     Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-24     Read first time.
2025-02-24     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-21     Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Versions
Enrolled     2025-09-13
Amended Assembly     2025-09-02
Amended Assembly     2025-07-03
Amended Senate     2025-05-06
Amended Senate     2025-03-24
Introduced     2025-02-21
Analyses TBD
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Existing law authorizes a dealer to charge the purchaser or lessee of a vehicle a document processing charge for the preparation and processing of documents, disclosures, and titling, registration, and information security obligations imposed by state and federal law. Existing law authorizes a dealer that has a contractual agreement with the Department of Motor Vehicles to be a private industry partner to set the document processing charge at up to $85 and authorizes all other dealers to set the document processing charge at up to $70.

This bill would, until January 1, 2031, subject to specified requirements, authorize a dealer to charge a document processing charge that exceeds those amounts if the charge does not exceed 1% of the total price of the vehicle and does not exceed $260. The bill would exempt the sale of vehicles to the State of California and any local governmental entity from these provisions. The bill would make a conforming change.