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AB-525 • 2026

Basic Inspection of Terminals program: agricultural vehicles.

Basic Inspection of Terminals program: agricultural vehicles.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Lackey
Last action
2025-07-28
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 61, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about traffic safety issues or future regulations after January 1, 2031.

Exempting Agricultural Vehicles from Inspection Program

The law extends the exemption for agricultural vehicles from being part of the Basic Inspection of Terminals (BIT) program until January 1, 2031.

What This Bill Does

  • Extends the current exemption that allows agricultural vehicles to not be included in the BIT program until January 1, 2031.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Agricultural vehicle owners and operators
  • The California Highway Patrol and Department of Motor Vehicles

Terms To Know

Basic Inspection of Terminals (BIT) program
A program that requires certain vehicles to be inspected at specific terminals.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens after January 1, 2031 for agricultural vehicles.
  • Does not provide details on how the exemption affects traffic safety issues related to these vehicles.

Bill History

  1. 2025-07-28 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 61, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-07-28 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-07-15 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. 2025-07-10 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

  5. 2025-07-10 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2042.).

  6. 2025-07-08 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  7. 2025-07-07 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

  8. 2025-06-25 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. 2025-06-04 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  10. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

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

  11. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1658.)

  12. 2025-05-15 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  13. 2025-05-15 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to third reading.

  14. 2025-05-15 California Legislative Information

    From Consent Calendar.

  15. 2025-05-15 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  16. 2025-05-14 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

  17. 2025-04-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  18. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  19. 2025-02-11 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.

  20. 2025-02-10 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 525, Lackey.
Basic Inspection of Terminals program: agricultural vehicles.
Existing law, the Basic Inspection of Terminals (BIT) program, makes it unlawful for a motor carrier to operate specified vehicles, such as motortrucks of 3 or more axles that are more than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, truck tractors, or other motortrucks regulated by the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Public Utilities Commission, or the United States Secretary of Transportation, without identifying to the Department of Motor Vehicles all terminals, as defined, where the vehicle may be inspected by the department and where vehicle inspection and maintenance records and driver records will be made available for inspection. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, excludes an agricultural vehicle, as defined, from being subject to the BIT program.
This bill would extend the exemption of agricultural vehicles from the BIT program until January 1, 2031.
Under existing law, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, in consultation with the Department of Motor Vehicles, on or before January 1, 2022, shall report to the Governor and the Legislature about the impact of excluding an agricultural vehicle, as defined, from being subject to the BIT program. The report
shall include, but is not limited to, information about collisions involving excluded vehicles and any traffic safety issues associated with excluded vehicles. The report shall be submitted pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code.
This bill would
delete this obsolete provision.

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