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2010-2011 Legislative Session

AB = Assembly Bill · ACR = Assembly Concurrent Resolution
SB = Senate Bill · SCR = Senate Concurrent Resolution

This information reflects a review of legislation proposed as of 2011-12-28. Note that some are non-highway, if I find them of interest. Last items examined:

Assembly: Index AB 1433, ABX1 46, ACA 20, ACR 84, AJR 20, HR 21.
Senate: Index SB 948, SBX1 29, SCA 16, SCAX 1, SCR 59, SJR 15, SR 20

Bills of interest under active consideration by the California State Assembly

AB 57 (Beall) Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission Act creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as a regional agency in the 9-county San Francisco Bay Area with comprehensive regional transportation planning and other related responsibilities. Existing law requires the commission to consist of 19 members, including 2 members each from the Counties of Alameda and Santa Clara, and establishes a 4-year term of office for members of the commission. This bill would, instead, require the commission to consist of 21 members, including one member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Oakland and one member appointed by the Mayor of the City of San Jose. The bill would require the initial term of those 2 members to end in February 2015. The bill would, effective with the commission term commencing February 2015, prohibit more than 3 members of the commission from being residents of the same county, as specified. By imposing new requirements on a local agency, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 06/15/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. COMM. LOCATION : SEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
AB 66 (Chesbro) Taxation: vehicle license fees.
The Vehicle License Fee Law, in lieu of any ad valorem property tax upon vehicles, imposes an annual license fee for any vehicle subject to registration in this state in the amount of 1% of the market value of that vehicle, as provided, for a specified amount of time. Existing law also, until June 30, 2011, imposes an additional tax equal to 0.15% of the market value of specified vehicles, as determined by the Department of Motor Vehicles, to the vehicle license fee, to be deposited in the General Fund and transferred to the Local Safety and Protection Account, a continuously appropriated fund. This bill would repeal the provision relating to the sunset date and repeal of the additional 0.15% tax, thereby depositing additional moneys into a continuously appropriated fund.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 01/27/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and PUB. S. COMM. LOCATION : ASM REVENUE AND TAXATION
AB 286 (Bill Berryhill) State highways: Routes 108 and 120.
This bill would, on and after July 1, 2013, require the proceeds from the sale of excess properties acquired by the department for improvements to Route 120, less any reimbursements due to the federal government and all costs incurred in the sale of those excess properties, to be used for improvements to Route 108 in Stanislaus County, the North County Corridor.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 09/06/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Ordered to third reading. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Wyland. FILE : SEN INACTIVE FILE - ASSEMBLY BILLS FILE DATE : 01/04/2012 ITEM : A- 32
AB 381 (Alejo) Department of Transportation.
Existing law creates the Department of Transportation, within the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, under the administration of the Director of Transportation, who is required to organize the department, as specified, with the approval of the Governor and the Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency. This bill would make a nonsubstantive, grammatical change to that provision.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/15/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
AB 464 (Olsen) Highway Route 59.
Existing law provides that Route 59 is from Route 152 northerly to Route 99 near Merced and from Route 99 near Merced to Snelling. This bill would provide that Route 59 also includes the segment of roadway from Route 132 to Route 108/Route 120.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 05/27/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS
AB 522 (Bonilla) Vacation of public streets, highways, and public service easements.
Existing law establishes the processes and procedures necessary for vacation of public streets, highways, and public service easements, and defines "vacation" for these purposes to mean the complete or partial abandonment or termination of the public right to use a public street, highway, or public service easement. Under these provisions, proof of publication of a required notice is made by affidavit. This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to these provisions. (Placeholder Bill)
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/16/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
AB 537 (Williams) Vehicles: commercial vehicles: weight restriction: State Route 154.
This bill would prohibit, with specified exemptions, the operation of a commercial vehicle with 3 or more axles, or a gross vehicle weight or a combined gross weight of 9,000 pounds or more on the segment of Route 154 that is located between the Route 101 and Route 154 intersection in the City of Santa Barbara and Route 154 and Route 246 intersection in the County of Santa Barbara.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/13/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION
AB 538 (Williams) Vehicles: commercial vehicles: length restrictions: State Route 33.
This bill would prohibit a person from driving a commercial vehicle with a kingpin-to-rearmost-axle length in excess of 30 feet on the segment of Route 33 that is located between the county boundary delineating the Counties of Santa Barbara and Ventura and the Camino Cielo Road near the City of Ojai.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/03/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION HEARING DATE : 01/09/2012
AB 567 (Valadao) Transportation funds: capital improvement projects.
Existing law requires specified funds made available for transportation capital improvement projects to be programmed and expended for interregional and regional improvements, as specified. This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. (Placeholder Bill)
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/17/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
AB 595 (Norby) State highways: naming and designation by the Legislature.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation shall have full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law, when the Legislature, by concurrent resolution, has designated names for certain districts and state highway bridges and requested the placement of name plaques, authorizes the department to expend reasonable sums on those plaques. This bill would revise the existing provisions to also apply to designation of other transportation facilities owned and operated by the department, and would authorize the department to expend reasonable sums on plaques or signs for designated districts, highways, highway bridges, or other facilities only upon receipt of nonstate funds sufficient to cover the cost. This bill, notwithstanding these provisions, would, for calendar years 2012 and 2013, provide that no highways, bridges, or other transportation facilities owned and operated by the department or districts through which a state highway passes shall be named or otherwise designated by the Legislature, and no plaques or signs shall be erected by the department to reflect the naming or designation of a highway, bridge, other transportation facility, or district during those calendar years.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/03/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION HEARING DATE : 01/09/2012
AB 610 (Solorio) Vehicles: specialized license plates: Veterinary Medical Board: pilot program.
Under existing law, the Department of Motor Vehicles issues environmental and other specialized license plates. The issuance of some of those license plates is subject to additional fees. Existing law prohibits the department from establishing a specialized license plate program for a state agency until the department has received not less than 7,500 applications for the plates. This bill would, until January 1, 2015, authorize the Veterinary Medical Board to sponsor a specialized license plate program if certain conditions are met. The bill would only require that 2,500 paid applications be collected and held by the board , and that a sufficient amount of additional funds be received from donations to cover the department's startup costs for the manufacture of the specialized license plate. The bill would require the board to actively request and receive donations from public and private entities that would be deposited into the Specialized License Plate Fund and, upon determination by the department that there are sufficient funds for the program, moneys would be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the necessary administrative costs of establishing the specialized license plate program and, as to any remaining moneys, for allocation to the board. The bill would require the department to provide to the sponsoring board a cost estimate of its actual costs to initiate the specialized plate program.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 08/22/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. COMM. LOCATION : SEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
AB 1107 (Fletcher) Vehicles: bicycles: rules of the road: bicycle lanes.
Existing law requires any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction to ride within the bicycle lane, except as provided. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in that provision. (Placeholder Bill)
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/20/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
AB 1280 (Hill) Ephedrine: retail sale.
This bill would instead provide that it is a misdemeanor, punishable as specified, for any retail distributor, except pursuant to a valid prescription from a licensed practitioner with prescriptive authority, to sell or distribute to a person specified amounts of nonprescription products containing ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine within specified time limits, to sell or distribute any of those substances to a person whose information has generated an alert, or, except under specified conditions, to sell or distribute to any purchaser a nonprescription product containing any amount of those substances. The bill would contain provisions requiring the secure storage and monitoring of products containing any amount of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norpseudoephedrine, or phenylpropanolamine, as specified.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 08/25/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : In committee: Held under submission. COMM. LOCATION : SEN APPROPRIATIONS
AB 1367 (Bill) Berryhill Surplus state property.
Existing law requires the Department of General Services to maintain an inventory of real property held by the state, and prescribes the disposition of surplus state property. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/20/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

Resolutions of interest under consideration by the California State Assembly

ACR 50 (Garrick) Ronald Reagan Coronado Bridge.
Redesignates the San Diego-Coronado Bridge as the "Ronald Reagan Coronado Bridge"
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 05/02/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Hearing canceled at the request of author. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION

Bills of interest under consideration by the California State Senate

SB 125 (Emmerson) Vehicles: toll highways or vehicular crossings: evading toll payments: penalties.
Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to evade or attempt to evade the payment of tolls or other charges on a vehicular crossing or toll highway and imposes a civil penalty for violation of this law. This bill would authorize a law enforcement officer to impound, or cause to be impounded, a vehicle that is registered to a chronic evader of toll payments, as defined, until all outstanding tolls and all required penalties are paid to the issuing agency.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/26/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Hearing postponed by committee. COMM. LOCATION : SEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
SB 243 (Wyland) High school graduation: courses required.
Existing law prohibits a pupil from receiving a diploma of graduation from high school unless he or she completes specified course requirements while enrolled in grades 9 to 12, inclusive. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in this provision. (Placeholder Bill)
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/24/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on RLS.
SB 251 (Correa) Vehicles: driver's license: selective service.
Existing law establishes the practices and procedures for the issuance of an original or a renewal of a driver's license. The federal Military Selective Service Act (federal act) requires specified persons to register with the federal Selective Service System. This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles to revise the application for an original or a renewal of a driver's license to include a specified statement that would allow a person who is required to register pursuant to the federal act to consent to that person' s registration with the federal Selective Service System. The bill would require the department to forward to the federal Selective Service System, in an electronic format, the necessary personal information for the registration of that person in compliance with the federal act for a person who consents to registration. The bill would prohibit the department from forwarding to the federal Selective Service System for the purpose of registering a person , the personal information of that person who did not consent to registration .
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 05/26/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Held in committee and under submission. COMM. LOCATION : SEN APPROPRIATIONS
SB 315 (Wright) Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine.
This bill would provide, in addition, that any person who obtains ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and specified related drugs without a prescription, as specified, shall be guilty of an infraction or a misdemeanor. The bill would make conforming changes to related provisions. By creating new crimes or revising the penalties for existing crimes involving ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, and specified related drugs, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 12/15/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Set for hearing January 11. COMM. LOCATION : SEN HEALTH HEARING DATE : 01/11/2012
SB 545 (Anderson) Transportation.
Existing law creates various transportation programs to develop and implement improvements to transportation systems. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation enabling the state to examine efficiency in administering solutions to California's transportation needs. (Placeholder Bill)
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/03/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on RLS.
SB 784 (Dutton) Identity theft.
Existing law requires that every person who willfully obtains personal identifying information, as defined, of another person, and uses that information for an unlawful purpose, including to obtain, or attempt to obtain, credit, goods, services, real property, or medical information without the consent of that person, is guilty of a public offense. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/10/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on RLS.
SB 810 (Leno) Single-payer health care coverage.
This bill would establish the California Healthcare System to be administered by the newly created California Healthcare Agency under the control of a Healthcare Commissioner appointed by the Governor and subject to confirmation by the Senate. The bill would make all California residents eligible for specified health care benefits under the California Healthcare System, which would, on a single-payer basis, negotiate for or set fees for health care services provided through the system and pay claims for those services. The bill would require the commissioner to seek all necessary waivers, exemptions, agreements, or legislation to allow various existing federal, state, and local health care payments to be paid to the California Healthcare System, which would then assume responsibility for all benefits and services previously paid for with those funds.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 05/23/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. COMM. LOCATION : SEN APPROPRIATIONS COMM. ACTION DATE : 05/23/2011 COMM. ACTION : Set, first hearing. Hearing cancelled at request of author.
SB 851 (Anderson) Transportation.
Existing law provides the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and authorizes the department to lay out and construct all state highways, as specified. This bill would state intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address the need for highway construction.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/10/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on RLS.
SB 915 (Calderon) Recycling: plastic bags.
Existing law requires an operator of a store, as defined, to establish an at-store recycling program that provides to customers the opportunity to return clean plastic carryout bags to that store. This requirement is repealed on January 1, 2013. Existing law prohibits a city, county, or other local public agency from taking specified regulatory actions with regard to the recycling of plastic carryout bags. This bill would require plastic bag use to be reduced by an unspecified percent by an unspecified year. The bill also would establish a mandatory level of recycled content in plastic bags according to a specified schedule. The bill would require the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to establish a working group of stakeholders to develop strategies for increasing the recycling of plastic bags and develop suggestions for funding increased consumer awareness .
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 05/02/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. COMM. LOCATION : SEN ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Resolutions under consideration by the California State Senate

SCR 31 (Rubio) National Purple Heart Trail.
Designates the portion of Route 223 from its junction with Route 99 to its junction with Route 58 in the County of Kern, where the Veteran's Cemetery is located in honor of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, for inclusion in the National Purple Heart Trail.
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 05/05/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Hearing canceled at the request of author. COMM. LOCATION : SEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
SCR 50 (Fuller) Deputy Daniel Lee Archuleta Memorial Interchange.
Designates the interchange of Route 99 and Route 119 the "Deputy Daniel Lee Archuleta Memorial Interchange".
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 06/20/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.
SCR 53 (Evans) CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of US 101 between Branscomb Road, milepost marker 69.50, and milepost marker 74.50, in the County of Mendocino as the "CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske Memorial Highway"
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 08/23/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. COMM. LOCATION : SEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING

Bills/Resolutions sent to the Governor of Signature

SB 28 (Simitian) Vehicles: electronic wireless communications devices: prohibitions.
(1) Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to examine applicants for specific driver's licenses and requires that the examination include, among other things, a test of the applicant' s knowledge and understanding of the provisions of the Vehicle Code governing the operation of vehicles upon the highways. This bill would require the department to include a test of the applicant's understanding of the distractions and dangers of handheld cell phone use and text messaging while operating a motor vehicle. (2) Existing law establishes that specified convictions and violations under the Vehicle Code and traffic-related incidents count as points against a driver's record for purposes of the suspension or revocation of the privilege to drive. Under existing law, it is an infraction for any person to drive a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone, unless that telephone is designed and configured to allow hands-free listening and talking operation, and is used in that manner while driving, except as otherwise provided. A person under 18 years of age is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone, even if equipped with a hands-free device, or while using a mobile service device. A point is not given for a violation of these provisions. This bill would assess a violation point on a 2nd or subsequent violation of these provisions. (3) Under existing law, a person is prohibited from driving a motor vehicle while using an electronic wireless communications device to write, send, or read a text-based communication, except as specified. This bill would require that this provision does not apply if the electronic wireless communications device is specifically designed and configured to allow voice-operated and hands-free operation to write, send, or read a text-based communication, and it is used in that manner while driving. The bill also would increase the base fines for a violation of any of the above-described prohibitions involving driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone or electronic wireless communications device from $20 to $50 and the fine for a 2nd or subsequent offense from $50 to $100, would apply similar prohibitions to a person riding a bicycle, would impose a total fine of $20 for a first offense and $50 for each subsequent offense for a violation when the offense is committed while riding a bicycle, and would provide that a violation point is not given for a conviction of a violation while riding a bicycle. By expanding the scope of existing crimes, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (4) Existing law prohibits a law enforcement officer from stopping a vehicle for the sole purpose of determining whether the driver is violating the prohibition of driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone. This bill would delete that prohibition. (5) Existing law requires that the base fines collected from violations of the Vehicle Code for crimes other than parking offenses are subject to distribution to specified funds of a state or local agency as set forth by statute or to the proper funds of a city or county, as applicable. This bill would require the county treasurer to submit $10 from each fine collected under this provision for violating the above-described prohibitions involving driving a motor vehicle while using a wireless telephone or electronic wireless communications device to the Controller, for deposit into the Distracted Driver Education Fund, which would be created in the State Treasury for an education program on the dangers of cell phone use and text messaging while driving, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program by imposing a new duty on local officials. The bill would require the Legislature, upon appropriation in the Budget Bill, to allocate this money to the Office of Traffic Safety in the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency for this purpose. The bill would authorize the county treasurer to also withhold a sufficient amount from each fine collected for violations involving riding a bicycle while using a wireless telephone or electronic wireless communications device to reimburse the courts in the county for their actual, reasonable, and necessary costs associated with processing violations under the law involving those prohibitions.
VETOED. LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 09/06/2011 LAST HIST. ACTION : In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending. FILE : SEN GOVERNOR'S VETOES FILE DATE : 01/04/2012 ITEM : 9 COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS COMM. ACTION DATE : 07/06/2011 COMM. ACTION : Do pass as amended. COMM. VOTE SUMMARY : Ayes: 10 Noes: 05 PASS

Chaptered Bills/Resolutions: Entered into Law

AB 348 (Buchanan) Highways: Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone.
This bill would, notwithstanding these requirements and until January 1, 2017, provide for the designation of the segment of county highway known as Vasco Road, between the Route 580 junction in Alameda County and the Walnut Boulevard intersection in Contra Costa County, as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone upon the approval of the boards of supervisors of Alameda County and Contra Costa County. The bill would also impose specified duties on local governing bodies regarding that double fine zone, including a report to be submitted to the Legislature on the effectiveness of the zone.
Chaptered 9/21/2011. Statute Chapter 290.
AB 349 (Chesbro) Vehicles: Route 101: licensed carriers of livestock.
(1) Existing law exempts, until January 1, 2012, licensed carriers of livestock from certain limitations of access when those carriers are directly en route to or from a point of loading or unloading of livestock on specified portions of Route 101 located in the Counties of Del Norte, Humboldt, and Mendocino from its junction with Route 1 near Leggett north to the Oregon border, if the travel is necessary, incidental to the shipment of the livestock, and certain conditions are met. This bill would extend this exemption until January 1, 2015, and would also delete obsolete requirements from these provisions. (2) Existing law requires the Director of Transportation to notify the Secretary of State if, prior to January 1, 2012, the director determines that certain safety improvements to a portion of Route 101 have resulted in the reclassification of the entire segment as a terminal access route pursuant to specified provisions of the Vehicle Code and repeals the exemption described in (1) above on the date the secretary receives this notice. This bill would extend this date to January 1, 2015 .
Chaptered by Secretary of State 08/04/2011 - Chapter 172, Statutes of 2011.
AB 459 (Hill) Electoral college: interstate compact.
This bill would ratify a specified interstate compact that requires the chief election official of each signatory state to appoint the slate of presidential electors that was nominated in association with the presidential ticket that received the largest national popular vote total. This compact would only become effective if states cumulatively possessing a majority of the total electoral votes have ratified the compact.
Chaptered 08/08/2011. Statute Chapter 188.
AB 957 (Committee on Transportation) Transportation omnibus bill.
(many things, including...) (3) Existing law provides for the California Transportation Commission to adopt locations for state highways on routes authorized by law, and provides for relinquishment of certain segments of state highways from the state to local agencies. This bill would provide for the relinquishment of the portion of Route 39 in the City of Buena Park and all of Route 225 in the City of Santa Barbara under certain terms and conditions.
Chaptered October 7, 2011. Statue Chapter 536.
ACR 15 (Conway) Detective Monty L. Conley and Detective Joe R. Landin Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of Route 198 between Road 204 and Mehrten Drive in the County of Tulare, as the “Detective Monty L. Conley and Detective Joe R. Landin Memorial Highway”
Chaptered July 13, 2011. Resolution Chapter 51.
ACR 31 (Olsen) CHP Officer Earl Scott Memorial Highway.
Designates Route 219 between Route 99 and Route 108 in Stanislaus County as the "CHP Officer Earl Scott Memorial Highway".
Chaptered July 11, 2011. Resolution Chapter 47.
ACR 33 (Harkey) Officer Richard T. Steed Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of Route 5 between the Avenida San Luis Rey exit and the Camino De Estrella exit in the City of San Clemente as the "Officer Richard T. Steed Memorial Highway".
Chaptered August 23, 2011. Resolution Chapter 73.
ACR 37 (Conway) CHP Officer Justin W. McGrory Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of Route 15 between Wild Rash Road and Hodge Road from Wild Wash Road at milepost 55.957 to Hodge Road at milepost 60.159 in the County of San Bernardino as the "CHP Officer Justin W. McGrory Memorial Highway"
Chaptered July 11, 2011. Resolution Chapter 49.
ACR 39 (Nielsen) Deputy Dennis "Skip" Sullivan Memorial Bridge.
Designates the Bear Creek Bridge in Shasta County, located on the portion of Route 44 between post mile R14.445 (facing westbound) and post mile R14.489 (facing eastbound), as the "Deputy Dennis "Skip" Sullivan Memorial Bridge".
Chaptered June 27, 2011. Resolution Chapter 40
ACR 41 (Mitchell) CHP Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of Route 405 from Venice Boulevard to National Boulevard in the City of Los Angeles as the "CHP Officer Philip Dennis Ortiz Memorial Highway"
Chaptered July 15, 2011. Resolution Chapter 52.
ACR 58 (Knight) Captain Ted Hall and Engineer Arnie Quinones Memorial Interchange.
Designates the interchange on Route 14 with the Angeles Forest Highway (Los Angeles County Route N3) in the County of Los Angeles as the "Captain Ted Hall and Engineer Arnie Quinones Memorial Interchange"
Chaptered 9/28/2011. Resolution Chapter 107.
ACR 66 (V. Manuel Pérez) Deputy Probation Officer Irene Rios Memorial Highway.
Designates the westbound segment of Route 8, between westbound postmile R4.60 and R6.60, in the County of Imperial, as the "Deputy Probation Officer Irene B. Rios Memorial Highway"
Chaptered 9/22/2011. Resolution Chapter 99.
ACR 70 (Smyth) CHP Officers Gayle W. Wood, Jr. and James E. McCabe Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of Route 5 between Palomas Wash Bridge and 5 miles north of Palomas Wash Bridge in the County of Los Angeles as the "CHP Officers Gayle W. Wood, Jr. and James E. McCabe Memorial Highway"
Chaptered 9/28/2011. Resolution Chapter 109.
ACR 75 (Nielsen) CHP Officer Charles T. Smith Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of I-5 between County Road 25 and Route 32 in the County of Glenn as the "CHP Officer Charles T. Smith Memorial Highway".
Chaptered 9/28/2011. Resolution Chapter 113
ACR 76 (Chesbro) CHP Officer Thomas R. Adams Memorial Highway and the CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of US 101 between the intersection of Route 271 to the South Fork of the Eel River (Postmile 102.00 to Postmile 106.57) in the County of Mendocino as the "CHP Officer Thomas R. Adams Memorial Highway". The measure would also designate the portion of US 101 between Branscomb Road, milepost marker 69.50, and milepost marker 74.50, in the County of Mendocino as the "CHP Officer Paul C. Jarske Memorial Highway".
Chaptered 9/28/2011. Resolution Chapter 114.
SB 24 (Simitian) Personal information: privacy.
This bill would require any agency, person, or business that is required to issue a security breach notification pursuant to existing law to fulfill certain additional requirements pertaining to the security breach notification, as specified. The bill would also require any agency, person, or business that is required to issue a security breach notification to more than 500 California residents pursuant to existing law to electronically submit a single sample copy of that security breach notification to the Attorney General, as specified. This bill would provide that a covered entity under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 is deemed to have complied with these provisions, if it has complied with existing federal law, as specified.
Chaptered August 31, 2011. Statute Chapter 197.
SCR 21 (DeSaulnier) Martinez Police Sergeant Paul Starzyk Memorial Overcrossing.
Designates the Pine Street overcrossing that crosses Route 4 in the City of Martinez as the "Martinez Police Sergeant Paul Starzyk Memorial Overcrossing".
Chaptered August 18, 2011. Resolution Chapter 70.
SCR 25 (Negrete) McLeod California Highway Patrol Officer Thomas P. Coleman Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of Route 10 in the vicinity of Texas Street, milepost marker 30.377, to South Wabash Avenue, milepost marker 34.288, in the County of San Bernardino, as the "CHP Officer Thomas P. Coleman Memorial Highway"
Chaptered 9/15/2011. Resolution Chapter 89.
SCR 26 (Blakeslee and many others) Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of Route 1 between Route 166 and the Santa Barbara County line as the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway"
Chaptered 9/15/2011. Resolution Chapter 90.
SCR 28 (Strickland) Correctional Officer Scott Williams Memorial Highway.
Designates Route 1 between the California Boulevard exit and the Santa Lucia Canyon Road/Floradale Avenue exit in Lompoc as the "Correctional Officer Scott Williams Memorial Highway"
Chaptered 9/15/2011. Resolution Chapter 91.
SCR 30 (Anderson) CHP Officer Dan N. Benavides Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of Route 15 between Gopher Canyon Road milepost marker 40.84 and the Old Highway 395 overcrossing milepost marker 43.28 in the County of San Diego as the "CHP Officer Dan N. Benavides Memorial Highway"
Chaptered 9/15/2011. Resolution Chapter 92.
SCR 34 (Evans) Deputy Frank Trejo Memorial Interchange.
Designates the US 101 interchange at Route 12 in the City of Santa Rosa as the "Deputy Frank Trejo Memorial Interchange"
Chaptered 9/15/2011. Resolution Chapter 93.
SCR 35 (Simitian) Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge.
Designates the bicycle and pedestrian bridge which crosses Route 280 at Mary Avenue between the cities of Cupertino and Sunnyvale in the County of Santa Clara as the "Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge"
Chaptered July 19, 2011. Resolution Chapter 61.
SCR 37 (Anderson) Border Patrol Agent Robert Rosas Memorial Highway.
Designates the portion of Route 8, between post mile R51.000 and post mile R53.5000, in the County of San Diego as the "Border Patrol Agent Robert W. Rosas Jr. Memorial Highway"
Chaptered July 14, 2011. Resolution Chapter 54.
SCR 52 (Vargas) Caltrans Highway Maintenance Leadworker Jaime Obeso Memorial Highway, Caltrans Leadworker Gary Wayne Smith Memorial Highway, and Caltrans Equipment Operator II Richard Gonzalez Memorial Interchange
Designates the portion of I-8 in the City of El Centro as the "Caltrans Highway Maintenance Leadworker Jaime Obeso Memorial Highway", as well as designating the Sunbeam Rest Area as the "Jaime Obeso Sunbeam Rest Area". Designate the portion of Route 99, from one mile north of its intersection with Wilson Landing Road to Broyles Road, north of the City of Chico, as the "Caltrans Leadworker Gary Wayne Smith Memorial Highway". Designates the interchange between I-5 and Route 905 in the County of San Diego as the "Caltrans Equipment Operator II Richard Gonzalez Memorial Interchange" .
Chaptered 9/15/2011. Resolution Chapter 94.

Bills/Resolutions Vetoed

None.

Dead, Inactive, Joint Rule 56, or Moribund Proposals

Alas, sometimes this proposals come back to life when a legislator wants to introduce a bill, but is past the bill introduction date. The bill or resolution is then amended beyond recognition and morphed into a new bill, often on a different subject.

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Note: The Southern California Transit Advocates also has, among its regular news items, a Legislative Update page. Visit them at http://socata.net. This page summarizes bills of interest to transit folks (but ignores many highway only bills, especially naming bills).

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