CA SB1042 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Senate Bill 1042

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-05-14 - May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Pending: Senate Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An act to add and repeal Article 11 (commencing with Section 5400) of Chapter 1 of Division 3 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.

Vehicle registration modernization study.

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-05-14	Senate	May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2026-05-08	Senate	Set for hearing May 14.
2026-04-20	Senate	April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-10	Senate	Set for hearing April 20.
2026-04-08	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3760.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-17	Senate	Set for hearing April 7.
2026-02-18	Senate	Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2026-02-12	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
2026-02-11	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Vehicle Code	5400	Repealed Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1042
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1042#99INT
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1042