www.cahighways.org	California Highways Related Links Current California Highway-Related Legislation

This information reflects a review of legislation proposed as of 2008-02-15. Note that some are non-highway, if I find them of interest. Last items examined:

• Assembly: Index AB 3083, ABX1 8, ABX2 5, ABX3 21, ACA 17, ACR 126, AJR 54, HR 28.
• Senate: Index SB 1781, SBX1 26, SBX2 6, SBX3 15, SCA 24, SCR 99, SCRX1 1, SCRX2 1, SCRX3 1, SJR 28, SR 24

Some of these make references to Assembly, Senate, or Joint rules. Such rules may be found at http://www.calchamber.com/biz%20issues/2004/04-glossary.pdf.

Bills of interest under active consideration by the California State Assembly

• AB 291 (Jeffries) State Highway Route 74: relinquishment.
  This bill permits the CTCto relinquish to the City of Lake Elsinore the portion of Route 74 located within the city limits of that city, upon terms and conditions the commission finds to be in the best interests of the state.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 08/30/2007 LAST HIST. ACTION : In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission. COMM. LOCATION : SEN APPROPRIATIONS

• AB 1350 (Nunez) Transportation bond funds.
  Existing law, the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, approved by the voters as Proposition 1B in the November 2006 general election, establishes the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Fund of 2006 in the State Treasury. Specified moneys in the fund are required to be deposited in the Transit System Safety, Security, and Disaster Response Account to be made available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for capital projects that provide increased protection against a security and safety threat, and for capital expenditures to increase the capacity of transit operators to develop disaster response transportation systems. This bill would require these funds to be allocated to transit operators for eligible projects, as defined, based on various formulas, and would require funds to be allocated by the Office of Emergency Services in consultation with the Office of Homeland Security. An eligible applicant would be required to annually advise the Office of Emergency Services of the applicant's need for funding in the following fiscal year, and the office would submit a request to the Department of Finance and to the legislative budget committees in that regard. The bill would enact other related provisions.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 08/20/2007 LAST HIST. ACTION : In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. COMM. LOCATION : SEN APPROPRIATIONS

• AB 1351 (Levine) Transportation: state-local partnerships.
  Existing law, the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, approved by the voters as Proposition 1B in the November 2006 general election, establishes the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Fund of 2006 in the State Treasury. The act authorizes the issuance of $19.925 billion of general obligation bonds for various transportation purposes, including $1 billion for the State-Local Partnership Program, to be allocated by the California Transportation Commission to eligible transportation agencies, subject to appropriation by the Legislature. Existing law requires a dollar-for-dollar match of local funds for projects funded with these bond funds. This bill would make various findings regarding transportation infrastructure and funding in California and would state the purpose of the State-Local Partnership Program. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature to appropriate $200,000,000 for the program from bond funds in each of 5 fiscal years beginning in the 2010-11 fiscal year. The bill would define local funds under the program for purposes of the required dollar-for-dollar match as revenues from any locally imposed sales tax for transportation. The bill would require the commission to allocate the program funds to certain local public entities who apply to the program for funding of eligible projects, as defined, according to certain procedures and unspecified deadlines, but subject to reallocation to other projects if the applicant fails to meet various requirements for timely use of funds. The bill would require the commission to include in its annual report to the Legislature a summary of its activities related to the program, as specified. The bill would require the commission, in conjunction with the Department of Transportation, the State Air Resources Board, the Office of Emergency Services, and any other implementing entities, to report annually to specified legislative committees the Legislature on the status of implementing the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 08/30/2007 LAST HIST. ACTION : In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission. COMM. LOCATION : SEN APPROPRIATIONS

• AB 1634 (Levine) California Healthy Pets Act.
  Existing law sets forth provisions relating to veterinary public health and safety and provides for or regulates spay, neuter, and breeding programs for animals. This bill would prohibit any person from owning or possessing any cat or dog over the age of 6 months that has not been spayed or neutered, unless that person possesses an intact permit, as defined. The bill would establish an intact permit fee in an amount to be determined by a local jurisdiction, and would require the revenue from these fees to be used for the administration of the local jurisdiction's permit program. The bill would make a violation of these provisions, as specified, punishable by a prescribed civil penalty. It would require all revenues derived from these civil penalties to be used for funding the outreach efforts in connection with, and the administration and enforcement of, these provisions, and, to the extent funding is available, free and low-cost spay and neuter programs, and outreach efforts for those programs, which would be required to be established by each local animal control agency. By increasing the enforcement responsibility of local agencies, this bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill would, until January 1, 2012, authorize a local jurisdiction or its authorized local animal control agency to allow for issuance of an intact permit for one male and one female dog per household in order to allow the dogs to produce a single litter of offspring, subject to specified criteria. It would authorize the imposition of an intact permit fee for these purposes in an amount determined by the local jurisdiction, to be used for funding the administration of the local jurisdiction's permit program. The bill would become operative on April 1, 2008. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 07/11/2007 LAST HIST. ACTION : In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set. COMM. LOCATION : SEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• AB 1915 (Jeffries) State Highway Route 74: relinquishment.
  This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish a portion portions of State Highway Route 74 that are in the City of Lake Elsinore and the City of Perris, in Riverside County, to that city those cities under certain conditions.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/25/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 4326.) (March 24). COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS HEARING DATE : 04/09/2008

• AB 1937 (Tran) State highways: acquisition from nonstate entities: standards.
  This bill, prior to the state taking possession and ownership of a highway structure, appurtenance, or component from an entity other than a state agency, would require the department and commission, as appropriate, to first determine that the structure, appurtenance, or component has been brought into compliance with all applicable existing standards for state highway facilities.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/28/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION

• AB 1954 (Jeffries) High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes.
  This bill would authorize a value pricing and transit development demonstration program involving HOT lanes to be conducted, administered, and operated on transportation corridors in Riverside County State Highway Route 15 in Riverside County by the Riverside County Transportation Commission.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/24/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION HEARING DATE : 04/14/2008

• AB 2018 (Fuentes) Transportation study: Northeast San Fernando Valley.
  This bill would require the department, in conjunction with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, and local transportation agencies to conduct a comprehensive study and survey, and cost benefit analysis, that analyzes the potential for additional transit services in the Northeast San Fernando Valley in the context of changing land use and demographic trends. The required study and analysis would be required to be conducted within existing resources available to the department and regional or local agencies. The bill would require the department, by January 25, 2009, to convene an advisory group to provide guidance to the department relative to the study and analysis. The bill would require the department to conduct public hearings on its proposed report and recommendations. The bill would require the final report to be submitted to the Legislature by December 21, 2009.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/28/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION

• AB 2035 (Ma) Vehicles: special license plates: breast cancer screening.
  This bill would require the department, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, to design and make available for issuance breast cancer screening license plates. The bill would impose additional fees on the issuance, renewal, transfer, and substitution of those license plates and would require those fees to be deposited in the Breast Cancer Control Account for allocation, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the State Department of Public Health for purposes of providing specified breast cancer screening services.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/03/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION

• AB 2211 (Karnette) State Highway Route 110.
  This bill would provide that State Highway Route 110 is from 9th Street in San Pedro to Glenarm Street in Pasadena and would provide for the relinquishment of a portion of State Highway Route 110 to the City of Los Angeles under specified conditions.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/02/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION

• AB 2256 (Duvall) Taxation: homeowners' exemption and renters' credit.
  (1) Existing property tax law provides, pursuant to the authority of a specified provision of the California Constitution, for a homeowners' exemption in the amount of $7,000 of the full value of a "dwelling," as defined, and authorizes the Legislature to increase this exemption. This bill would, beginning with the lien date for the 2009-10 fiscal year, increase the homeowners' exemption from $7,000 to $75,000 of the full value of a dwelling. This bill would also require, for the 2010-11 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, the county assessor to adjust the amount of the homeowners' exemption by the percentage change, for the first 3 quarters of the prior calendar year, in the Housing Price Index for California, as specified.

  (2) The California Constitution requires the Legislature, whenever it increases the homeowners' property tax exemption, to provide a comparable increase in benefits to qualified renters. The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes various credits against the taxes imposed by that law, including a credit for qualified renters in the amount of $120 for married couples filing joint returns, heads of household, and surviving spouses if adjusted gross income is $50,000 or less, and in the amount of $60 for other individuals if adjusted gross income is $25,000 or less. The adjusted gross income amounts are adjusted annually for inflation based upon the California Consumer Price Index. This bill would, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2009, increase this credit for a qualified renter to $1,286 for married couples filing joint returns, heads of household, and surviving spouses if adjusted gross income is $50,000 or less, as adjusted for inflation, and in an amount equal to $643 for other individuals if adjusted gross income is $25,000 or less, as adjusted for inflation. This bill would also require the Franchise Tax Board to annually adjust for inflation, based upon the California Consumer Price Index, the amount of these credits for the 2010 taxable year and for each taxable year thereafter. This bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the renters' credit.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/05/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. COMM. LOCATION : ASM REVENUE AND TAXATION HEARING DATE : 04/21/2008

• AB 2295 (Arambula) Transportation capital improvement projects.
  Existing law generally provides for allocation of transportation capital improvement funds pursuant to the State Transportation Improvement Program process. Existing law provides for 75% of funds available for transportation capital improvement projects to be made available for regional projects, and 25% for interregional projects. Existing law describes the types of projects that may be funded with the regional share of funds, and includes local road projects as a category of eligible projects. This bill would state that local road rehabilitation projects are eligible for these funds.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/05/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION

• AB 2321 (Feuer) Transportation funding: County of Los Angeles.
  Existing law authorizes the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to impose, in addition to any other tax that it is authorized to impose, a transactions and use tax at the rate of 0.5% for 61/2 years or less, for the funding of specified transportation-related purposes designated as capital projects or capital programs. Existing law conditions the imposition of a tax under this authority upon voter approval as otherwise required by law. It also prohibits the MTA from incurring bonded indebtedness payable from the tax proceeds to fund those projects or programs or from substituting revenue from the tax proceeds for current funding commitments to the projects or programs. Existing law requires the MTA to prepare an expenditure plan prior to submitting the tax ordinance to voters, describing the projects and programs and their cost and funding sources. Existing law also creates the Capital Project Development Fund, into which the tax revenue is to be deposited, and makes those moneys available for expenditure by the MTA to fund the designated projects and programs. This bill would modify these provisions to require the MTA tax ordinance to specify that the tax is to be imposed for a period not to exceed 30 years, and to require the MTA to include specified projects and programs in its Long Range Transportation Plan. This bill would also authorize the MTA to incur bonded indebtedness, as specified, and would make other related changes.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/05/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION HEARING DATE : 04/14/2008

• AB 2326 (Lieu) State Highway Routes 1 and 107: City of Torrance.
  Existing law provides the Department of Transportation full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law establishes State Highway Routes 1 and 107 and relinquishes specified portions of those routes to certain cities. Existing law authorizes the department to sell real property acquired for state highway purposes if the department determines that the property is no longer necessary for those purposes, as specified. This bill would provide for the relinquishment of certain portions of State Highway Routes 1 and 107 to the City of Torrance under specified conditions. The bill would also authorize the department to sell a specified parcel of property to the City of Torrance if the department determines that the property is no longer necessary for state highway purposes.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/02/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION HEARING DATE : 04/14/2008

• AB 2388 (Feuer) Vehicles: registration fees.
  Existing law requires that a registration fee of $31 be paid to the Department of Motor Vehicles for the registration of every vehicle or trailer coach of a type subject to registration under the Vehicle Code, except those vehicles that are expressly exempted under that code from the payment of registration fees. Existing law also requires that additional fees be paid upon registration or renewal of every vehicle for specified purposes and, beginning July 1, 2008, increases the basic registration by $3. This bill would additionally impose for the registration of a passenger vehicle (1) a weight fee for a vehicle operated with an unladen vehicle weight of 10,000 pounds or less according to a specified schedule and (2) a carbon dioxide (CO2) fee based on the pounds of CO2 emitted by the vehicle. The bill would apply these provisions to all original registrations on or after July 1, 2010, and to renewal of registrations to vehicles with expiration dates on or after October 1, 2010. The bill would exempt specified persons who are eligible for public assistance from its provisions.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/03/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION

• AB 2500 (Strickland) Grade separation projects.
  Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare and submit to the Governor a proposed budget that includes $15,000,000 for allocation to grade separation projects, as specified. This bill would increase the amount required to be budgeted for allocation to grade separation projects to $165,000,000.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/06/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION

• AB 2558 (Feuer) Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority: climate change mitigation and adaptation fee.
  Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with specified powers and duties relative to transportation planning, programming, and operations in the County of Los Angeles. This bill would authorize the authority to impose a climate change mitigation and adaptation fee in the County of Los Angeles, subject to approval of an ordinance by a majority of the board of the authority and majority voter approval of a ballot measure containing the fee and an expenditure plan. The bill would specify 2 alternative options for imposing the fee, which would be either a motor vehicle fuel tax or a vehicle fee, subject to specified maximum amounts. Revenues from the fee would be used for public transit and congestion management projects and programs.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/10/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and L. GOV. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION HEARING DATE : 04/14/2008

• AB 2617 (Duvall) Highways: high-occupancy vehicle lanes.
  Existing law authorizes the establishment of high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes for the exclusive or preferential use of high-occupancy vehicles, as prescribed. Existing law also authorizes the operation of a motorcycle upon those exclusive or preferential use lanes unless specifically prohibited by a traffic control device. This bill would require the Department of Transportation or the local authority, where a motorcycle is permitted upon an exclusive or preferential use lane, to post signs advertising such use along the HOV lanes of the highways under their respective jurisdictions at intervals of not less than 3 miles.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/03/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION

• AB 2750 (Krekorian) Music piracy.
  Existing law makes it a crime for a person to fail to disclose the origin of a recording or audiovisual work if the person advertises for sale or sells the work for commercial advantage or private financial gain, as specified. This bill would require a person convicted of a violation of that provision to make restitution to the owner or lawful producer of the device from which the sound or audiovisual work was derived, as specified.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/13/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T. & I.M. and PUB. S. COMM. LOCATION : ASM ARTS, ENTERTAIN, SPORTS, TOURISM, & INTERNET MEDIA

• AB 2896 (Lieber) Vehicles: special license plates.
  Under existing law, the Department of Motor Vehicles issues environmental and other special license plates. The issuance of some of those license plates is subject to additional fees. This bill would authorize a person who is a family member, as the bill would define that term, of a member of the Armed Forces who was killed while serving on active duty in the military to apply for special license plates, subject to additional fees and certain conditions. The special license plates would contain a gold star and the words "Gold Star Family."
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/25/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION HEARING DATE : 04/14/2008

• AB 2906 (Tran) Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lane: buffer area.
  (1) Existing law requires specified high-occupancy vehicle lanes to be separated from adjacent mixed-flow lanes by a buffer area of at least 4 feet in width. This bill would repeal these provisions.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/13/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION HEARING DATE : 04/14/2008

• AB 3039 (Benoit) High-occupancy vehicle lanes.
  This bill would require the department, at the request of a county transportation commission or a regional transportation planning agency, to modify existing exclusive or preferential lanes that are for buses and other high-occupancy vehicles within the respective jurisdiction of the requesting entity to provide continuous access to buses and other high-occupancy vehicles. The bill would encourage the department to move these modifications in conjunction with planned restriping projects.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/13/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION

Resolutions of interest under consideration by the California State Assembly

• ACR 80 (Garcia) The Officer Robert Franklin Dickey Memorial Highway.
  This measure would designate the segment of I-8, between Sidewinder Road and Ogilby Road, in the City of Winterhaven in the County of Imperial, as the "Officer Robert Franklin Dickey Memorial Highway".
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/25/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 4326.) (March 24). COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS HEARING DATE : 04/09/2008

• ACR 82 (Huff) The Mayor Bob Zirbes Memorial Freeway.
  Designates the portion of Route 57 from the southern City of Diamond Bar Sphere of Influence Line to the Pathfinder Road exit in the City of Diamond Bar as the “Mayor Bob Zirbes Memorial Highway”.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/25/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 4326.) (March 24). COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS HEARING DATE : 04/09/2008

• ACR 90 (Fuller) Kern County Deputy Sheriff William "Joe" Hudnall, Jr., Memorial Highway.
  Designates Route 178 from post mile 13.7 at the mouth of Kern Canyon eastbound to its intersection with Kernville Road (Route 155) in Kern County as the “Kern County Deputy Sheriff William "Joe" Hudnall, Jr., Memorial Highway”.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/02/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Re-referred to Com. on APPR. COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS HEARING DATE : 04/09/2008

• ACR 96 (Carter) Deputy Frank M. Pribble Memorial Highway.
  Designates Route 10 from Post-mile 12.25 to Post mile 15.25 in the City of Fontana as the “Deputy Frank M. Pribble Memorial Highway”.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/25/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 4326.) (March 24). COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS HEARING DATE : 04/09/2008

• ACR 98 (Jeffries) Historic State Highway Route 395.
  Designates Route 395 as Historic State Highway Route 395.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/03/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : In Senate. To Com. on RLS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION COMM. ACTION DATE : 03/24/2008 COMM. ACTION : Be adopted, as amended, to Consent Calendar. COMM. VOTE SUMMARY : Ayes: 14 Noes: 00 PASS

• ACR 102 (Strickland) Airborne Memorial Highway.
  Designates Route 101 from the East Los Angeles interchange to the Oregon border as the "Airborne Memorial Highway".
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/24/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION HEARING DATE : 04/14/2008

• ACR 107 (Cook) CDF Firefighter John D. Guthrie Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 215 between the Ramona Expressway Exit, at postmile 31.08, and its junction with State Route 74, at postmile 26.31 as the "CDF Firefighter John D. Guthrie Memorial Highway."
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/25/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 4326.) (March 24). COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS HEARING DATE : 04/09/2008

• ACR 116 (Strickland) Adolfo Camarillo Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 101 from the top of the Conejo Grade to Lewis Road in the City of Camarillo as the "Adolfo Camarillo Memorial Highway."
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/24/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION HEARING DATE : 04/14/2008

• ACR 122 (Blakeslee) The Robert and Pat Nimmo Memorial Highway.
  Designates the westside portion of Route 41 between Creston Road and El Camino Real as the "Robert and Pat Nimmo Memorial Highway".
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/03/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Referred to Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION

Bills of interest under consideration by the California State Senate

• SB 173 (Harman) Elections: voting identification.
  Existing law requires a person desiring to vote to announce his or her name and address to a precinct board member and to write them on the roster of voters. This bill would additionally require a voter to present proof of his or her identity to a member of the precinct board before receiving a ballot. It would specify the documents that may be used for this purpose and would authorize any other form of identification that the Secretary of State deems appropriate. Proof of identity may be established by presenting any of the following documents: (1) A California driver's license. (2) A California identification card. (3) A military identification card. (4) A Certification of Citizenship or a United States passport issued by the federal government. (5) Any other form of identification that the Secretary of State deems appropriate. It would permit a voter who is unable to present proof of identity to cast a provisional ballot.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/04/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a). COMM. LOCATION : SEN ELECTIONS, REAPPORTIONMNT AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND COMM. ACTION DATE : 01/16/2008 COMM. ACTION : Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee.

• SB 1143 (Dutton) Vehicles: HOV lanes.
  Existing law authorizes local authorities and the Department of Transportation to establish exclusive or preferential use of highway lanes for high-occupancy vehicles. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that provision of law.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/14/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : To Com. on RLS.

• SB 1366 (Negrete) McLeod State Highway Route 66.
  This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish to the City of Rialto that portion of State Highway Route 66 within its city limits under specified conditions.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/27/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Set for hearing April 14. COMM. LOCATION : SEN APPROPRIATIONS HEARING DATE : 04/14/2008

• SB 1374 (Battin) Vehicles: HOV Lanes.
  Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to designate certain lanes for the exclusive use of high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs), which lanes may also be used, until January 1, 2011, by certain low-emission and hybrid vehicles not carrying the requisite number of passengers otherwise required for the use of an HOV lane if the vehicle displays a valid identifier issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. The Department of Motor Vehicles is required to make available 85,000 distinctive decals, labels, and other identifiers for certain hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles meeting specified mileage and emission standards. This bill would remove the cap on the number of distinctive decals, labels, and other identifiers that are available. The Department of Motor Vehicles would also be required to make available distinctive decals, labels, and other identifiers for vehicles that have received an offset for their carbon dioxide emissions from a program certified by the State Air Resources Board. The bill would provide that owners of these vehicles would not be entitled to distinctive decals, labels, or other identifiers until the federal government acts to approve the use of high-occupancy vehicle lanes by these vehicles, regardless of occupancy.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/24/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Set for hearing April 8. COMM. LOCATION : SEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING HEARING DATE : 04/08/2008

• SB 1419 (Yee) Highways: Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones.
  Existing law requires that a state highway segment be designated as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone if, among other requirements, the segment is eligible for designation and the Director of Transportation, in consultation with the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, certifies that the segment of state highway meets specified criteria. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to conduct a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone study that relates to pedestrian safety and evaluates the appropriateness of adding to those criteria. This bill would, notwithstanding these requirements and until January 1, 2014, designate specified segments of State Highway Routes 1 and 101 in the City and County of San Francisco as Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones. The bill would require that the Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone study discussed above be conducted on these segments and include, among other things, a review of traffic volume, speed, and collisions, as specified. The bill would require the department to report its findings from this study to the appropriate committees of the Legislature on or before January 1, 2013.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/02/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 3268.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Set for hearing April 8. COMM. LOCATION : SEN PUBLIC SAFETY HEARING DATE : 04/08/2008

• SB 1455 (Cogdill) Vehicles: special license plates.
  This bill would authorize a person who is a family member, as the bill would define that term, of a member of the Armed Forces who was killed while serving on active duty in the military to apply for a special license plate with a design containing the words "Gold Star Family." The bill would establish the Gold Star Family License Plate Account in the California Environmental License Plate Fund.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/03/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. COMM. LOCATION : SEN RULES

Resolutions under consideration by the California State Senate

• SCR 53 (Denham) California Highway Patrol Officer Earl H. Scott Memorial Highway
  Designates the portion of Route 99 one mile before and one mile after its intersection with Hammett Road, in the County of Stanislaus, as the "California Highway Patrol Officer Earl H. Scott Memorial Highway"
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 05/24/2007 LAST HIST. ACTION : Introduced. To Com. on RLS.

• SCR 57 (Maldonado) Officer Loren D. Scruggs Memorial Highway
  Designated the portion of US 101 from the south edge of the Santa Maria River Bridge to Santa Maria Way in Santa Barbara County as the "Officer Loren D. Scruggs Memorial Highway"
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 01/24/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : To Com. on TRANS. COMM. LOCATION : ASM TRANSPORTATION HEARING DATE : 04/14/2008

• SCR 71 (Yee) Tom Lantos Tunnel at Devil's Slide.
  Designates Route 1 adjacent to and including the future Devil's Slide Tunnel in San Mateo County as the “Tom Lantos Tunnel at Devil's Slide”.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/02/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : In Assembly. Held at Desk. COMM. LOCATION : SEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING COMM. ACTION DATE : 03/11/2008 COMM. ACTION : Be adopted and be placed on the Consent Calendar. COMM. VOTE SUMMARY : Ayes: 11 Noes: 00 PASS

• SCR 84 (Cox) The Jay-D Ornsby-Adkins Bridge.
  Designates the Route 49 Amador Creek Bridge, Bridge No. 26-0043, as the "Jay-D Ornsby-Adkins Bridge."
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/01/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Set for hearing April 29. COMM. LOCATION : SEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING HEARING DATE : 04/29/2008

• SCR 90 (Wiggins) Daniel Broeske Memorial Highway.
  Designates that portion of Route 101 in Mendocino County, from post mile 32.1 to post mile 33.1, inclusive, as the "Daniel Broeske Memorial Highway".
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 04/01/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : Set for hearing April 29. COMM. LOCATION : SEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING COMM. ACTION DATE : 03/25/2008 COMM. ACTION : Author's amendments. HEARING DATE : 04/29/2008

Bills/Resolutions sent to the Governor of Signature

• None.

Chaptered Bills/Resolutions: Entered into Law

• AB 102 (Ma) Marriage: domestic partnerships: name.
  This bill would require the Declaration of Domestic Partnership form to contain spaces for either party or both parties to indicate a change in name. This bill would allow, on and after January 1, 2009, one party or both parties to a marriage to elect to change the middle or last names by which that party wishes to be known after solemnization of the marriage.
  Chaptered October 12, 2007. Chapter 567.

• AB 112 (Wolk) Highways: Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones.
  This bill would modify the standards for the designation of a segment of a state highway as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone including requiring the Director of Transportation, in consultation with the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol, to certify that a segment of state highway meets specified criteria. The bill would provide that designation as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone would be valid for a minimum of 2 years and would authorize the renewal and revocation of a designation, as specified. The bill would declare that a specified segment of Route 12 is eligible for designation as a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone. The bill would also require the Department of Transportation to conduct a Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zone study, as specified.
  Chaptered October 1, 2007. Chapter 258.

• AB 321 (Nava) Vehicles: prima facie speed limits: schools.
  Existing law establishes a 25 miles per hour prima facie limit when approaching or passing a school building or the grounds thereof, contiguous to a highway and posted up to 500 feet away from the school grounds, with a standard "SCHOOL" warning sign, while children are going to or leaving the school either during school hours or during the noon recess period. The prima facie limit also applies when approaching or passing school grounds that are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children and the highway is posted with a standard "SCHOOL" warning sign. A violation of that prima facie limit is an infraction. Existing law allows a city or county, based on an engineering and traffic survey that the prima facie speed limit of 25 miles per hour is more than is reasonable or safe, by ordinance or resolution, to determine and declare a prima facie speed limit of 20 or 15 miles per hour, whichever is justified as the appropriate speed limit by that survey. This bill would additionally allow a city or county to establish a 15 miles per hour prima facie limit in a residence district, on a highway with a posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour or slower, when approaching, at a distance of less than 500 feet from, or passing, a school building or the grounds thereof, contiguous to a highway and posted with a school warning sign that indicates a speed limit of 15 miles per hour, while children are going to or leaving the school, either during school hours or during the noon recess period. The prima facie limit would also apply when approaching, at that same distance, or passing school grounds that are not separated from the highway by a fence, gate, or other physical barrier while the grounds are in use by children and the highway is posted with one of those signs. The bill would provide that a 25 miles per hour prima facie limit in a residence district, on a highway with a posted speed limit of 30 miles per hour or slower, applies , as to those local authorities, when approaching, at a distance of 500 to 1,000 feet from, one of those areas where children are going to or leaving the school, either during school hours or during the noon recess period, that is posted with a school warning sign that indicates a speed limit of 25 miles per hour. The bill would require a city or county that adopts a resolution or ordinance establishing revised prima facie limits to reimburse the Department of Transportation for any costs incurred by that department in implementing the bill. The bill would require that these prima facie speed limits apply only to highways that meet certain conditions.
  Chaptered October 10, 2007. Chapter 384.

• AB 574 (Torrico) High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes.
  (1) Existing law authorizes the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) to conduct, administer, and operate a value pricing and transit development demonstration program on a maximum of 2 transportation corridors in San Diego County involving high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes. Existing law authorizes this program for each corridor for a period of 4 years after SANDAG first collects revenues for that corridor. This bill would authorize the SANDAG program to operate indefinitely by deleting the 4-year limitation provision. The bill would also authorize SANDAG to issue bonds backed by program revenues. (2) Existing law authorizes the Sunol Smart Carpool Lane Joint Powers Authority, consisting of the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency, the Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority, and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, to conduct, administer, and operate a value pricing high-occupancy vehicle (HOT lane) program on the Sunol Grade segment of State Highway Route 680 in Alameda and Santa Clara Counties and authorizes the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency to conduct, administer, and operate a program on a corridor within Alameda County for a maximum of 2 transportation corridors in Alameda County. Existing law authorizes the operation of these programs for a period of 4 years after the administering agency first collects revenues for any of the authorized corridors. The bill would also authorize the administering agency to issue bonds, refunding bonds, or bond anticipation notes backed by program revenues. This bill would authorize these programs to operate indefinitely by deleting the provisions that limit the operation of these programs to a period of 4 years after the administering agency first collects revenues for any of the authorized corridors. (3) Existing law authorizes the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) to conduct, administer, and operate a HOT lane program on any 2 of the corridors included in the high-occupancy lane system in Santa Clara County. Existing law authorizes the operation of this program for a period of 4 years after VTA first collects revenues from a HOT lane under the program. This bill would authorize the program to operate indefinitely by deleting the provisions that limit the operation of the program to a period of 4 years after VTA first collects revenues from a HOT lane under the program. The bill would also authorize VTA to issue bonds backed by program revenues.
  Chaptered October 11, 2007. Chapter 498.

• AB 1672 (Nunez) California Transportation Commission.
  (1) Existing law, the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006, approved by the voters as Proposition 1B in the November 2006 general election, establishes the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Fund of 2006 in the State Treasury. Existing law requires specified moneys in the fund to be deposited in designated accounts and funds to be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for allocation by the California Transportation Commission for certain transportation-related purposes. This bill would require the commission to provide written notification to the chairs of the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature not less than 30 days prior to adopting changes to any guidelines for the expenditure of funds pursuant to the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality and Port Security Act of 2006. (2) Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission, with specified powers and duties relating to allocation of transportation capital funds through the state transportation improvement program process and various other responsibilities. Existing law provides for a commission of 11 members, with 9 members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and 2 ex officio nonvoting legislative members. Voting members serve terms of 4 years. This bill would expand the commission to 13 members, with one additional voting member each appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on Rules, who would not be subject to Senate confirmation. The bill would also require vacancies to be filled by the appointing authority, as specified.
  Chaptered October 14, 2007. Chapter 717.

• ACR 4 (Benoit) Esperanza Firefighters Memorial Highway.
  Designates Route 243 as the "Esperanza Firefighters Memorial Highway". The Legislature also proposes a memorial to be erected at one of the turnouts overlooking the valley below with a plaque honoring these five brave firefighters. This memorial is to be funded by private donations and organizations dedicated to honoring these true heroes
  Chaptered July 12, 2007. Resolution Chapter 99.

• ACR 7 (Wolk) The Officer David Lamoree Memorial Highway.
  Designate the segment of Route 12 between Olsen Road and Route 113 as the "Officer David Lamoree Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered September 12, 2007. Resolution Chapter 121.

• ACR 10 (Cook) CDF Firefighter Chris Kanton Memorial Highway.
  Designate the portion of I-10 from the Beaumont Avenue/Avenue/Route 79 exit to the Sunset Avenue Exit, in the County of Riverside, as the "CDF Firefighter Chris Kanton Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered July 3, 2007. Resolution Chapter 64

• ACR 17 (Horton) Mary Augustine Bridge.
  Encourages San Diego County to post appropriate markers on county property designating the horse bridge that crosses Route 125 and is located in Bonita, west of the Summit Park Campground in San Diego County, as the "Mary Augustine Bridge".
  Chaptered June 22, 2007. Resolution Chapter 59.

• ACR 20 (Cook) Deputy Greg A. Gariepy Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 247 between Route 62 and the town limit of Yucca Valley, in the County of San Bernardino, as the "Deputy Greg A. Gariepy Memorial Highway."
  Chaptered July 3, 2007. Resolution Chapter 65.

• ACR 22 (Benoit) Armed Forces Freeway.
  Designates a portion of Route 215 between the intersection of Route 60 and the Ramona Expressway in Riverside County as the Armed Forces Freeway.
  Chaptered July 25, 2007. Resolution Chapter 106.

• ACR 25 (Lieber) Norman Y. Mineta Highway.
  Designates Route 85, except the segment between Prospect Road and Quito Road, in Santa Clara County as the "Norman Y. Mineta Highway".
  Chaptered July 3, 2007. Resolution Chapter 66.

• ACR 26 (Sharon) Runner Historic U.S. Highway Route 6.
  The measure would request the Department of Transportation, upon application by an interested local agency or private entity, to identify any section of former U.S. Highway Route 6 that is still a publicly maintained highway and that is of interest to the applicant, and to designate that section as Historic U.S. Highway Route 6.
  Chaptered July 3, 2007. Resolution Chapter 67.

• ACR 27 (Charles Calderon) Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Jerry Ortiz Memorial Highway.
  Designate the segment of Route 60 between I-605 and Rosemead Boulevard, in Los Angeles County, as the "Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Jerry Ortiz Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered July 3, 2007. Resolution Chapter 68.

• ACR 30 (Berg) Elizabeth Jane Rosewarne Memorial Bridge.
  Designates the northern span of the Eel River Bridge, located on US 101 in the County of Mendocino, as the "Elizabeth Jane Rosewarne Memorial Bridge".
  Chaptered July 3, 2007. Resolution Chapter 69.

• ACR 31 (Berg) CHP Officer Ernest R. Felio Memorial Highway.
  Designate the portion of US 101 in Del Norte County between the E. M. Fine Memorial Bridge and the Oregon state line as the "CHP Officer Ernest R. Felio Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered July 3, 2007. Resolution Chapter 70.

• ACR 39 (Keene) Wick's Corner Interchange.
  Designates the junction between Routes 70 and Route 149 near the City of Oroville, in the County of Butte, as the "Wick's Corner Interchange".
  Chaptered July 3, 2007. Resolution Chapter 71.

• ACR 41 (Emmerson) Officer James M. Goodman Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of I-10 in San Bernardino County between mile markers 25.26 and 29.82 as the "Officer James M. Goodman Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered July 3, 2007. Resolution Chapter 72.

• ACR 57 (Berg) Veterans' Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of US 101 in Humboldt County from milepost 68.40 to milepost 71.10 as the "Veterans' Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered September 10, 2007. Resolution Chapter 113.

• ACR 58 (Fuller) CHP Officer Erick S. Manny Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of I-5 from the Fort Tejon Exit to the Grapevine Exit in Kern County as the "CHP Officer Erick S. Manny Memorial Highway"
  Chaptered September 10, 2007. Resolution Chapter 114.

• ACR 59 (Cook) Lieutenant Jared M. Landaker Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 38 between mile markers 49.530 and 59.396 in San Bernardino County as the "Lieutenant Jared M. Landaker Memorial Highway"
  Chaptered September 10, 2007. Resolution Chapter 115.

• ACR 62 (DeSaulnier) Congressman George Miller Benicia-Martinez Bridge
  Designates the new northbound Benicia-Martinez Bridge as the "Congressman George Miller Benicia-Martinez Bridge".
  Chaptered August 23, 2007. Resolution Chapter 107.

• ACR 63 (Keene) Lt. Leonard B. "Larry" Estes and Deputy William R. "Bill" Hunter Memorial Highway.
  Designates Route 149 in Butte County as the "Lt. Leonard B. "Larry" Estes and Deputy William R. "Bill" Hunter Memorial Highway"
  Chaptered 4/4/2008. Resolution Chapter 14

• ACR 73 (Bass) The Nathan Shapell Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 405 from Howard Hughes Parkway to Mulholland Drive in the County of Los Angeles as the "Nathan Shapell Memorial Highway"
  Chaptered October 2, 2007. Resolution Chapter 148.

• ACR 75 (Coto) Chumash Highway.
  Designates Route 154 in Santa Barbara County as the "Chumash Highway".
  Chaptered October 2, 2007. Resolution Chapter 149.

• SB 113 (Calderon) Elections: presidential primary elections.
  Existing law specifies that the presidential primary election be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June in any year evenly divisible by the number 4. Existing law also specifies that the statewide direct primary election be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in June of each even-numbered year, and be consolidated with the presidential primary election in any year in which the statewide direct primary election is in a year evenly divisible by the number 4. This bill would require that the presidential primary election be held on the first Tuesday in February in any year evenly divisible by the number 4. By increasing the duties on county elections officials due to the presidential primary election in February, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
  Chaptered 3/15/2007. Chapter 2.

• SB 163 (Migden) Yerba Buena Island ramp connections.
  This bill would require the department to work in cooperation with the Treasure Island Development Authority on design and engineering of replacement ramps connecting Yerba Buena Island to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and to work in cooperation with the authority and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority to ensure that the design of the ramps is compatible with the design of the new eastern span of the bridge. The bill would authorize the department, upon the transfer to the authority from the federal government of the ramp connections, to accept from the authority title, easements, and other interests in land necessary for the state to own and operate the one or more of the ramps. The bill would make transfer of a ramp from the authority to the state contingent upon completion of work on the ramp in accordance with specified standards and upon the commission making certain findings and approving the transfer agreement. The bill would also require a project study report on the reconstruction of the ramps to be finalized by December 31, 2008, would require the San Francisco Transportation Authority to be the lead agency for the development of the project study report, would require the San Francisco Transportation Authority to work in coordination with the Treasure Island Development Authority, the Mayor of San Francisco, and the Bay Area Toll Authority.
  Chaptered October 13, 2007. Chapter 637.

• SB 224 (Battin) State Highway Routes 79 and 111: relinquishment.
  This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish the portion of Route 79 in the City of Hemet and the portion of State Highway Route 111 in the City of La Quinta to the applicable city under certain conditions.
  Chaptered October 14, 2007. Chapter 718.

• SB 250 (Corbett) Gift certificates.
  Existing law prohibits the sale of any gift certificate, as defined, that contains an expiration date or service fee, with specified exceptions, including, but not limited to, for a gift certificate issued for a food product. Existing law also provides that any gift certificate sold after January 1, 1997, is redeemable in cash or subject to replacement with a new gift certificate. This bill would allow any gift certificate with a cash value of less than $10 to be redeemed in cash (defined as, but not limited to, currency or check. If accepted by both parties, an electronic funds transfer is permissible) for its cash value, and would except donated gift certificates from the above-described prohibitions . The bill would also delete the exception described above for food product gift certificates, thereby prohibiting those gift certificates from containing an expiration date or service fee, unless issued for perishable food products.
  Chaptered October 13, 2007. Chapter 640.

• SB 717 (Perata) Transportation Investment Fund.
  Existing law specifies the allocation of funds in the Transportation Investment Fund, derived from a portion of the sales tax on gasoline, to various transportation projects and programs. Article XIX B of the California Constitution requires, commencing with the 2003-04 fiscal year, that sales taxes on motor vehicle fuel that are deposited into the General Fund be transferred to the Transportation Investment Fund for allocation for those transportation purposes until the end of the 2007-08 fiscal year. Thereafter, Article XIX B requires these revenues to be allocated to broad categories of transportation purposes, including 20% for programs funded by the Public Transportation Account, 40% for transportation capital improvement projects in the State Transportation Improvement Program, and 40% for apportionment to cities and counties pursuant to certain formulas for road maintenance and construction purposes. This bill would continue the Transportation Investment Fund in existence and would specify the use of revenues deposited in that fund from gasoline sales tax revenues subject to Article XIX B beginning in the 2008-09 fiscal year. Moneys in the fund would be continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal year.
  Chaptered October 14, 2007. Chapter 733.

• SB 910 (Scott) State Highway Route 164: relinquishment.
  This bill would authorize the commission to relinquish the portion of Route 164 in the City of Temple City to that city under certain conditions.
  Chaptered September 21, 2007. Chapter 218.

• SCR 3 (Cedillo) The Wall Las Memorias Project AIDS monument: highway signs
  This measure would request the Department of Transportation to erect informational signs on a specified portion of I-5, in the County of Los Angeles, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources covering that cost, directing motorists to The Wall Las Memorias Project AIDS monument.
  Chaptered July 16, 2007. Resolution Chapter 102.

• SCR 4 (Cox) James E. Roberts Memorial Bridge.
  Designates the Tuolumne River Bridge on Route 120 in Tuolumne County as the "James E. Roberts Memorial Bridge".
  Chaptered July 10, 2007. Resolution Chapter 83.

• SCR 10 (Aanestad) Officer Matthew J. Redding Memorial Interchange.
  Designates the interchange of Stanford Ranch Road and Galleria Boulevard on Route 65 as the "Officer Matthew J. Redding Memorial Interchange".
  Chaptered July 10, 2007. Resolution Chapter 84.

• SCR 11 (Negrete) McLeod Correctional Officer Manuel A. Gonzalez, Jr. Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 71 between Route 60 and Central Avenue in San Bernardino County as the "Correctional Officer Manuel A. Gonzalez, Jr. Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered July 10, 2007. Resolution Chapter 85.

• SCR 14 (Florez) Officer John Palacios Memorial Highway.
  Designate the portion of Route 269 from Route 198 to the City of Five Points in Fresno County as the "Officer John Palacios Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered July 12, 2007. Resolution Chapter 92.

• SCR 15 (Aanestad) Nomlaki Highway.
  Designates the portion of I-5 between Gyle Road and Flores Avenue in Tehama County as the "Nomlaki Highway"
  Chaptered July 12, 2007. Resolution Chapter 93.

• SCR 16 (Negrete) McLeod Gary Moon Memorial Interchange.
  Designates the Route 210/I-215 as the "Gary Moon Memorial Interchange".
  Chaptered July 10, 2007. Resolution Chapter 86.

• SCR 20 (Kuehl) Ricardo A. Crocker Memorial Highway.
  Designates the segment of I-10 within the city limits of Santa Monica as the "Ricardo A. Crocker Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered July 12, 2007. Resolution Chapter 94.

• SCR 21 (Ducheny) James D. Schultz Memorial Freeway.
  Designates the portion of I-8 between Gordon's Well Road and Brock Research Center Road in Imperial County as the "James D. Schultz Freeway".
  Chaptered July 10, 2007. Resolution Chapter 87.

• SCR 22 (Cox) Stephanie Marie Frazier Memorial Highway.
  Designates the segment of US 50 commencing at post mile 38.5, which is west of Ice House Road outside of Pollock Pines, and terminating at post mile 40.5 in El Dorado County as the "Stephanie Marie Frazier Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered July 10, 2007. Resolution Chapter 88.

• SCR 32 (Hollingsworth) Army Sergeant Brud Joseph Cronkrite Memorial Bridge.
  Designates the overpass on I-8 at Buckman Springs Road in Pine Valley the "Army Sergeant Brud Joseph Cronkrite Memorial Bridge."
  Chaptered July 12, 2007. Resolution Chapter 95.

• SCR 33 (Hollingsworth) Nello Irwin Greer Memorial Bridge.
  Designates the bridge on I-8 that crosses Pine Valley Creek, as the "Nello Irwin Greer Memorial Bridge".
  Chaptered July 10, 2007. Resolution Chapter 89.

• SCR 37 (Simitian) Lewis E. Platt Memorial Highway.
  Designates the segment of northbound Route 87 commencing with its intersection with Route 280 and ending at Exit 6B, the Julian Street/Santa Clara Street exit in the City of San Jose as the "Lewis E. Platt Memorial Highway"
  Chaptered July 12, 2007. Resolution Chapter 96.

• SCR 38 (Cedillo) Los Angeles Police Officer Steven Gajda Memorial Highway.
  Designates the segment of Route 60 between its interchange with I-10 at post-mile 0.118 and the Indiana Street overpass at post-mile 1.94 in the City of Los Angeles as the "Los Angeles Police Officer Steven Gajda Memorial Highway"
  Chaptered July 10, 2007. Resolution Chapter 90.

• SCR 41 (Corbett) Nels Dan Niemi Memorial Highway
  Designates the portion of I-880 between Washington Avenue and Marina Boulevard, in the City of San Leandro, as the "Nels Dan Niemi Memorial Highway"
  Chaptered July 10, 2007. Resolution Chapter 91.

• SCR 51 (Maldonado) Lieutenant Michael Elvin Walker Memorial Highway.
  Designates the portion of Route 17 in Santa Cruz County south of Glenwood Road, between post-mile 5.91 and post-mile 11.78 as the "Lieutenant Michael Elvin Walker Memorial Highway".
  Chaptered September 7, 2007. Resolution Chapter 110.

Bills/Resolutions Vetoed

• AB 43 (Leno). Gender-neutral marriage.
  This bill would enact the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act, which would provide that marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract between 2 persons (as opposed to "a man and a woman"). The bill would make conforming changes with regard to the consent to, and solemnization of, marriage, and would make related findings and declarations.
  Vetoed By Governor. 10/12/2008

• SB 549 (Corbett) Employee's right to bereavement leave.
  Existing law provides employees with the right to take time off work without discharge or discrimination for a number of reasons. This bill would add the right to inquire about, request, and take time off for bereavement leave. For state employees, if this leave conflicts with a memorandum of understanding, the terms of the memorandum of understanding would be controlling.
  Vetoed by Governor. 10/13/2007.

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.

• AB 11 (DeVore). Vehicles: special license plates.
  This bill would provide for the issuance of special license plates by the department for an active member of the California National Guard who furnishes a certificate provided by the Adjutant General, as specified.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/01/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS

• AB 56 (Ma) Secretary to End Poverty.
  This bill would create a cabinet-level position of Secretary to End Poverty in California, and would require the secretary to review the work of the state agencies, departments, and offices that implement and administer antipoverty programs in the state to determine whether those agencies, departments, and offices are operating in the most efficient and effective manner possible.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/01/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS

• AB 256 (Huff) Highway Users Tax Account: appropriation of funds.
  This bill, in any year in which the Budget Act has not been enacted by July 1, would provide that all moneys in the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund from the prior fiscal year are continuously appropriated and may be encumbered for certain purposes until the Budget Act is enacted. The bill would thereby make an appropriation. The bill would authorize the Controller to make estimates in order to implement these provisions.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/01/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. COMM. LOCATION : ASM APPROPRIATIONS

• AB 388 (Gaines) Taxation: homeowners' property tax exemption and qualified renters income tax credit.
  This bill would, beginning with the lien date for the 2008-09 fiscal year, increase the homeowners' exemption from $7,000 to $25,000 of the full value of a dwelling. This bill would, for taxable years beginning on and after January 1, 2008, increase this credit for a qualified renter to $430 for married couples filing joint returns, heads of household, and surviving spouses if adjusted gross income is $50,000 or less, as adjusted for inflation, and to $215 for other individuals if adjusted gross income is $25,000 or less, as adjusted for inflation.
  LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 02/01/2008 LAST HIST. ACTION : From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. COMM. LOCATION : ASM REVENUE AND TAXATION

• AB 401 (Benoit) Transportation infrastructure emergencies.
  This bill would authorize the Governor to declare a transportation infrastructure emergency for the purpose of relieving traffic congestion on any specific highway or segment of a highway for which the department has determined that the average daily vehicle hours of delay, excluding weekends, exceeds 3,000. Upon declaration of the emergency, the bill would provide for the Governor to direct the Department of Transportation to immediately create and implement an expedited process and establish deadlines for the construction of new