California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2734: Vehicles: special interest license plates.
Status: Chaptered, September 20, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 21191 of the Public Resources Code, and to amend Section 5067 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Vehicles: special interest license plates. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), in consultation with the California Coastal Commission, to design and make available for issuance special environmental design license plates that bear a graphic design depicting a California coastal motif…
From the chaptered text, September 20, 2026:
An act to amend Section 21191 of the Public Resources Code, and to amend Section 5067 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Vehicles: special interest license plates. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), in consultation with the California Coastal Commission, to design and make available for issuance special environmental design license plates that bear a graphic design depicting a California coastal motif. The department is required to impose certain fees for the issuance, renewal, substitution, and transfer of the plates, in addition to the regular fees for an original registration or renewal of registration. Existing law requires that certain additional fees be allocated to the California Environmental License Plate Fund. The department, after deducting its administrative costs, is required to deposit any additional revenue derived from the issuance, renewal, transfer, and substitution of the special environmental design license plates, in the amount of 1 2 in the California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account in the California Environmental License Plate Fund and 1 2 in the California Environmental License Plate Fund. Existing law requires the Controller to allocate the funds in the California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account, upon appropriation by the Legislature, first to the California Coastal Commission for expenditure for the specified public beach and coastal maintenance programs and second, from funds remaining after …
Sponsors
- Gregg Hart (D, AD37) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 407, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6939.).
- : Ordered to special consent calendar.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Votes
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2734 Hart By Blakespear (August 30, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 2734 Hart Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 30, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (July 1, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 2734 Hart Assembly Third Reading (May 26, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB2734?
- AB2734 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Vehicles: special interest license plates.
- What does AB2734 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Section 21191 of the Public Resources Code, and to amend Section 5067 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Vehicles: special interest license plates. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), in consultation with the California Coastal Commission, to design and make available for issuance special environmental design license plates that bear a graphic design depicting a California coastal motif…
- What is the status of AB2734?
- Chaptered as of September 20, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 407, Statutes of 2026. (September 20, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB2734?
- Gregg Hart (D, AD37).
- Where is the official record for AB2734?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2734
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