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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 1275: Sales and use tax exemption: vehicle license fee imposition: motor vehicles.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1275 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 20, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Sales and use tax exemption: vehicle license fee imposition: motor vehicles. Primary sponsor: Jerry McNerney (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (May 14, 2026): May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

(1)Existing state sales and use tax laws impose a tax on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state. The Sales and Use Tax Law provides various exemptions from those taxes.

This bill would, on and after July 1, 2027, and before July 1, 2032, exempt from those taxes the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use, or other consumption of a used motor vehicle sold by specified dealers or their affiliates or a new motor vehicle.

Existing law requires a bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements.

This bill would exclude the exemption from that requirement.

The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law authorizes counties and cities to impose local sales and use taxes in conformity with the Sales and Use Tax Law, and existing laws authorize districts, as specified, to impose transactions and use taxes in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law, which generally conforms to the Sales and Use Tax Law. Amendments to the Sales and Use Tax Law are automatically incorporated into the local tax laws.

This bill would provide that the exemption created by this bill does not apply to local sales and use taxes or transactions and use taxes.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jerry McNerneyPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate5
Timothy GraysonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate9

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
  2. Set for hearing May 14.
  3. May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  4. Set for hearing May 4.
  5. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 3985.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  6. Set for hearing April 21.
  7. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
  8. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3795.) (April 8).
  9. Set for hearing April 8.
  10. Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and TRANS.
  11. Read first time.
  12. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page