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California 20252026

AB 2734

Vehicles: special interest license plates.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Vehicles, specialinterestlicenseplates
Introduced / first action
2026-02-20 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Developmental services.

Source-supplied abstracts

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 12 in the California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account in the California Environmental License Plate Fund and 12 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 the first allocation, to the State Coastal Conservancy for coastal natural resource restoration and enhancement projects and for other coastal projects. This bill would, for fees collected on or after January 1, 2027, allocate 12 of all additional revenue to the California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account and would require the Controller, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to allocate the moneys to the California Coastal Commission for beach and coastal maintenance programs and 12 to the Coastal Access Account for the support of grant programs administered by the State Coastal Conservancy, subject to a determination by the Department of Finance that a sufficient balance exists in the Environmental License Plate Fund to maintain the amount of the current year's total expenditures and a prudent reserve, as defined. Existing law authorizes state agencies to apply to the DMV to sponsor a specialized license plate program and requires the department to issue specialized plates for that program if the agency complies with certain requirements. The bill would make certain allocations of moneys deposited to the California Environmental License Plate Fund on or after January 1, 2027, from the 49ers Foundation license plate program. Specifically, the bill would require (1) 10% of these moneys to be deposited in the California Beach and Coastal Enhancement Account to be allocated, upon appropriation, to the California Coastal Commission for expenditure for the Whale Tail Grants Program, the Adopt-A-Beach program, the Coastal Cleanup Day program, and other coastal public education programs, (2) 10% to be deposited in the Coastal Access Account within the State Coastal Conservancy Fund to be allocated, upon appropriation, for support of the State Coastal Conservancy's Explore the Coast grants, and (3) 20% to be allocated, upon appropriation, for the Outdoor Equity Grants Program.

Sponsors

  • Hart (primary), author

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

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  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).

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  5. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  7. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  11. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).

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  13. Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

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  14. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.)

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  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

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  18. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

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  21. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

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  22. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  23. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

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  24. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  25. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  26. Read first time. To print.

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