California SB692: Vehicles: homelessness.

What the bill says

An act to add Section 22851.35 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Vehicles: homelessness. 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…

From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:

An act to add Section 22851.35 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Vehicles: homelessness. 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, whenever a peace officer or other public employee removes an abandoned vehicle valued at $500 or less, requires the public agency that removed, or caused the removal of, the vehicle to cause the disposal of the vehicle subject to specified requirements, including providing notice, as specified, to the registered and legal owners and any other person known to have an interest in the vehicle, and a process for the owners and interested persons to request and have a poststorage hearing, as specified. This bill would authorize a public agency of a city, county, or city and county to dismantle, or cause the dismantlement of, an abandoned vehicle, as defined, if …

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Sponsors

• Jesse Arreguín (D, SD07) · primary sponsor
• Laura Richardson (D, SD35)
• Mark González (D, AD54)
• Stephanie Nguyen (D, AD10)

Latest actions

1. September 30, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 977, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 30, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
3. August 27, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
4. August 24, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5682.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
5. August 24, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
6. August 24, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
7. August 19, 2026: In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
8. August 19, 2026: Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6261.) Ordered to the Senate.
9. August 19, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
10. August 10, 2026: Ordered to third reading.

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB692 Arreguín et al. Concurrence (August 24, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
• SB 692 Arreguín Senate Third Reading By Mark González (August 19, 2026): 77 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass. (August 5, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (July 14, 2025): 16 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] (July 1, 2025): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Senate 3rd Reading SB692 Arreguín et al. (June 3, 2025): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SB692?

SB692 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Vehicles: homelessness.

What does SB692 do?

In its own words: An act to add Section 22851.35 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Vehicles: homelessness. 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…

What is the status of SB692?

Chaptered as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 977, Statutes of 2026. (September 30, 2026).

Who sponsored SB692?

Jesse Arreguín (D, SD07), with 3 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB692?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB692