Skip to content
Politically.com Search all
Menu

California 20252026

SB 897

Vehicles: abandoned vehicles.

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

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Vehicles, abandonedvehicles
Introduced / first action
2026-01-16 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law authorizes a county satisfying specified conditions to establish a service authority for the abatement of abandoned vehicles and to impose a $1 vehicle registration fee for the abatement of abandoned vehicles. The fees imposed and the moneys received by the service authority from the Abandoned Vehicle Trust Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, can only be used for the abatement, removal, and disposal of abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicles from private or public property. The service authority is authorized to adopt an ordinance establishing procedures for the abatement, removal, and disposal, as a public nuisance, of an abandoned, wrecked, dismantled, or inoperative vehicle and for the recovery of costs. This bill, notwithstanding these provisions, would authorize the City of Laguna Woods to use the amount of abandoned vehicle abatement funds received from the fee imposed by the service authority that formerly operated in the County of Orange, and the interest accrued thereon, for purposes of enforcing provisions of this code on public highways. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Laguna Woods.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 126, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law
  2. Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

    executive-receipt
  4. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    committee-passage
  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6040.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage, reading-1, reading-3
  6. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

    reading-1, reading-2
  7. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 29).

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  8. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

    referral-committee
  9. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    reading-1
  10. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4033.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    passage, reading-1, reading-3
  11. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

    reading-1, reading-2
  12. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3872.) (April 14).

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  13. Set for hearing April 14.

  14. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

    referral-committee
  15. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 16.

  16. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction, reading-1, referral-committee

When supplied by the API

Related measures

No resolvable related measure is supplied.