The California General Assembly is acting quickly to reverse a law that allowed illegal immigrants to obtain valid driver’s licenses.

SBX3 1, which was introduced Nov. 19, would repeal SB60, the bill passed earlier this year and signed into law by former California Gov. Gray Davis that allowed the licenses to be issued. The bill passed out of committee, was moved to the floor and passed by the Senate 33-0 on Nov. 24. It is now headed to the Assembly.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who was elected in the same vote that turned out Davis, had pledged to overturn the law.

The issue, however, may not be dead and gone. State Sen. Gil Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, the author of SB60, told The Los Angeles Times the new governor had expressed interest in the concept of giving licenses to illegal immigrants. Cedillo has also backed the repeal measure.

Davis signed SB60 Friday, Sept. 5, according to media reports, only two days after it was sent to him by the General Assembly.

At the time, supporters portrayed it as a safety measure, saying it would allow up to 2 million California residents who were not citizens to obtain automobile insurance and driver training. On the other side, opponents of the bill said it would undermine public safety by potentially allowing terrorists to obtain a legal form of identification.

The measure did not apply to commercial driver’s licenses.