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This information reflects a review of legislation proposed as of 2026-10-01. Note that some are non-highway, if I find them of interest. This information is based on the California State Legislature has website to obtain bill information, which includes the ability to subscribe to bills and to comment on them. Last items examined:
Note 1: ★ indicates new items as of this update. ✠ indicates items that are essentially dead (no activity for two update cycles or six months, whichever is longer)
See the section titled Legislative Calendar for a summary of the timelines of the legislative process.
Existing federal law, through copyright, provides authors of original works of authorship, as defined, with certain rights and protections. Existing federal law generally gives the owner of the copyright the right to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords and the right to distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public. Existing federal law provides that sound recordings fixed before February 15, 1972, are not subject to copyright, but are subject to similar rights and protections under the Classics Protection and Access Act.
Existing law requires, before each time that a generative artificial intelligence system or service, as defined, or a substantial modification to a generative artificial intelligence system or service, released on or after January 1, 2022, is made available to Californians for use, regardless of whether the terms of that use include compensation, a developer of the system or service to post on the developer’s internet website documentation, as specified, regarding the data used to train the generative artificial intelligence system or service.
This bill would require a developer of a generative artificial intelligence model to make available on its internet website a mechanism allowing a rights owner to request information about the developer’s use of the rights owner’s covered materials that would allow the rights owner to provide the developer with, among other things, registration, preregistration, or index numbers for one or more covered materials. The bill would require a developer to document and retain any requests received from rights owners for a specified time period. The bill would, subject to specified exceptions, require a developer to, within 30 days of receiving that request from the rights owner, assess whether the developer used the rights owner’s covered materials to develop the model and provide the rights owner with a list of covered materials, as specified. The bill would provide that each day following the 30-day period that a developer fails to provide a rights owner with that information constitutes a discrete violation. The bill would authorize a rights owner who complies with specified requirements for submitting a request that is not provided with information according to these provisions to bring, subject to a certain notice and cure opportunity, a civil action against the developer for specified relief. The bill would provide that its requirements do not apply to a model that meets certain criteria, including, among other things, being trained exclusively using data the developer makes publicly available at no cost to users. The bill would provide that it does not impose liability on a telecommunications service, information service, or cable service provider, as specified. The bill would define various terms for these purposes.
08/13/26 In committee: Held under submission.
Existing law requires the Chair of the California Transportation Commission to create a Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation to guide the development and evaluation of a pilot program assessing the potential for mileage-based revenue collection as an alternative to the gas tax system. Existing law additionally requires the Transportation Agency, in consultation with the commission, to implement the pilot program, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2027.
This bill would require the commission, in consultation with the Transportation Agency, to consolidate and prepare research and recommendations related to a road user charge or a mileage-based fee system. The bill would require the commission to submit a report, as specified, on the research and recommendations described above to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature by no later than January 1, 2027. The bill would require the commission to consult with appropriate state agencies and other stakeholders, as specified, in preparing the research and recommendations and report described above.
01/29/26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
The Personal Income Tax Law, in modified conformity with federal income tax laws, generally allows various deductions in computing the income that is subject to the tax imposed by that law.
This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, and before January 1, 2031, would allow a deduction in computing income for the amount paid or incurred by a qualified taxpayer, as defined, during the taxable year as premiums on a homeowners’ insurance policy on the taxpayer’s primary residence, as defined.
Existing law requires a bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements.
This bill would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure.
This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
05/14/26 In committee: Held under submission.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish the California Legacy License Plate Program, and to create and issue a series of specialized license plates, consisting of one or more of 3 specified designs that replicate license plates from the state’s past. Existing law imposes additional fees for the issuance, renewal, replacement, and transfer of these license plates and requires that those additional fees be deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue “Have a Heart, Be a Star, Help our Kids” special license plates that include specified shapes and imposes additional fees, as specified, for their issuance, renewal, replacement, and transfer. Existing law requires that those additional fees be deposited in the Child Health and Safety Fund, as specified.
This bill would authorize, commencing July 1, 2027, an applicant for a California Legacy License Plate to apply to use a shape from the “Have a Heart, Be a Star, Help our Kids” special license plates for an additional fee, and would require that funds from the fees generated be deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund and the Child Health and Safety Fund, as specified. The bill would additionally increase the fees, commencing July 1, 2027, for the initial issuance and renewal of the “Have a Heart, Be a Star, Help Our Kids” license plates.
Existing law requires that 50% of the funds derived from the “Have a Heart, Be a Star, Help Our Kids” license plates be available, upon appropriation, to the State Department of Social Services for administering various provisions related to childcare licensing, as specified. Existing law requires that, upon appropriation by the Legislature, the remaining balance be available, as described, for programs that address other categories of potential childhood injury, as specified.
This bill would require moneys allocated to the Child Health and Safety Fund from the “Have a Heart, Be a Star, Help Our Kids” license plates and the California Legacy License Plates to be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, as specified, including allocating 25% to the State Department of Social Services for administering various provisions related to childcare licensing, as specified. The bill would allocate the remaining for programs that address specified child health and safety concerns and for specified child abuse prevention purposes. The bill would also include provisions that would permit a portion of these funds, allocated to the Emergency Medical Services Authority, to be expended for the preparation of a specified report to the Legislature required by AB 1639 of the 2025–26 Regular Session, and would make those provisions operative contingent upon the enactment of that bill, as specified.
05/20/26 From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
Existing law prohibits a person from operating a commercial motor vehicle unless that person has in their immediate possession a valid commercial driver’s license of the appropriate class. Existing law requires a person to pass a knowledge test and driving test for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle that complies with minimum federal standards, as specified, before being issued a commercial driver’s license.
This bill would require the Department of Motor Vehicles, before issuing or renewing a commercial driver’s license, to verify the applicant’s lawful presence in the United States, as specified. The bill would require the department to revoke any commercial driver’s license issued to a person subsequently determined to be unlawfully present in the United States, as specified.
04/20/26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
Existing law, the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law, imposes a tax upon each gallon of motor vehicle fuel removed from a refinery or terminal rack in this state, entered into this state, or sold in this state, at a specified rate per gallon.
Existing unfair competition laws establish a statutory cause of action for unfair competition, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue, or misleading advertising and acts prohibited by false advertisement laws.
This bill would suspend the imposition of the tax on motor vehicle fuels for one year. The bill would require that all savings realized based on the suspension of the motor vehicle fuels tax by a person other than an end consumer, as defined, be passed on to the end consumer, and would make the violation of this requirement an unfair business practice, in violation of unfair competition laws, as provided. The bill would require a seller of motor vehicle fuels to provide a receipt to a purchaser that indicates the amount of tax that would have otherwise applied to the transaction.
This bill would also direct the Controller to transfer a specified amount from the General Fund to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account in the Transportation Tax Fund. By transferring General Fund moneys to a continuously appropriated account, this bill would make an appropriation.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
02/23/26 Referred to Com. on TRANS.
(1) Existing law sets forth various provisions on the use of state funds, including by prohibiting the use of a grant of state funds to assist, promote, or deter union organizing.
This bill would prohibit a state agency from expending funds for the study, planning, testing, design, implementation, administration, or evaluation of a tax, fee, assessment, or charge based on vehicle miles traveled (vehicle miles purposes). The bill would require the reversion of funds appropriated from the General Fund to another fund for vehicle miles purposes and would require the deobligation of encumbered but unexpended funds for those purposes. The bill would require the Department of Finance to, within 60 days of January 1, 2027, identify all relevant appropriations and ensure their reversion or transfer. The bill would additionally prohibit any future Budget Act from appropriating funds for vehicle miles purposes unless expressly authorized by statute, as described.
(2) Existing law authorizes the legislative body of a city or county to impose various taxes, including occupancy taxes and sales and use taxes. Existing law also prohibits a city and county form imposing certain taxes, such as a tax upon income.
This bill would prohibit a city, county, or any political subdivision thereof from imposing a tax, fee, assessment, or charge, that is calculated, in whole or in part, based on the number of miles traveled by a motor vehicle. The bill would not prohibit the collection of tolls for the use of specific facilities, as provided. The bill would provide that any existing program, pilot program, regulation, or administrative action inconsistent with this prohibition is void and unenforceable.
The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
04/15/26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage.
Existing law requires each state agency, each year, to make a review of all proprietary state lands, except, among other categories of land, land held for highway purposes, over which it has jurisdiction to determine what land is in excess of its foreseeable needs and report thereon to the Department of General Services, including, among other things, land that is not currently being utilized, or is currently being underutilized, by the state agency for any ongoing state program.
This bill would remove the exception for land held for highway purposes and specifically require the Department of Transportation to submit the report described above. The bill would require the report to include the market value of the properties reviewed by the agency. The bill would require the report to include land that is not currently being utilized, is currently being underutilized, or is not being used by a state agency, regardless of whether the agency is currently prepared to dispose of the land by sale or otherwise. The bill would require the department to submit a report to the Legislature containing information regarding the land reported to it by a state agency as described in these provisions, on or before January 1, 2031.
08/13/26 In committee: Held under submission.
Existing law requires an elections official to mail to each registered voter all supplies necessary for the use and return of a ballot, including an identification envelope, by specified deadlines before each election.
This bill would require any perforation, hole, window, or other opening in an identification envelope to be located not less than one-half inch from any fillable field on the ballot, as measured when the ballot is fully inserted into the envelope according to instructions provided to the voter. The bill would require the Secretary of State to adopt regulations implementing the section. The bill would apply to all elections conducted on or after January 1, 2028.
By imposing new duties on local elections officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.
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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
04/28/26 From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
The Planning and Zoning Law enacts various laws relating to land use, including statewide land use planning, transportation planning, local planning, zoning regulations, and housing development, among other things.
This bill would prohibit state agencies and local governments from adopting or enforcing a rule, regulation, resolution, or ordinance that directly or indirectly results in prohibiting the use of gas appliances in residential or nonresidential buildings.
Existing law, the California Building Standards Law, establishes the California Building Standards Commission (commission) within the Department of General Services. Existing law requires the commission to approve and adopt building standards and to codify those standards in the California Building Standards Code (code). Existing law, the State Housing Law, establishes statewide construction and occupancy standards for buildings used for human habitation.
Existing law requires the building standards adopted and submitted by the department for approval by the commission, as specified, to be adopted by reference, with certain exceptions. Existing law authorizes any city or county to make modifications or changes in those building standards that are published in the code, including to green building standards, upon making an express finding that those modifications or changes are reasonably necessary because of local climatic, geological, or topographical conditions. Existing law requires a copy of those findings, together with the modification or change, to be filed with the commission. Existing law, from June 1, 2025, until June 1, 2031, inclusive, prohibits a city or county from making a modification or change to the building standards described above that are applicable to residential units, unless one of specified conditions are met, and requires the commission to reject a modification or change to any building standard affecting a residential unit and filed by the governing body of a city or county, unless one of those specified conditions are met.
This bill would prohibit a city or county from making a change or modification to the above-described building standards that prohibits the use of natural gas in a residential unit. The bill would also require the commission to reject a modification or change to any building standard affecting a residential unit and filed by the governing body of a city or county that prohibits the use of natural gas in that residential unit.
This bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
04/09/26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
Existing law requires, beginning on or before July 1, 2028, the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and in collaboration with impacted local governments, to incorporate suicide deterrent considerations in the updates of applicable guidance documents, as provided.
This bill would require the Department of Transportation to additionally develop and maintain, beginning on or before July 1, 2029, a set of preapproved suicide prevention safety-barrier designs that local governments may use to install suicide prevention barriers, as provided.
05/14/26 In committee: Held under submission.
Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, which consists of various departments and state entities, including the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation. Existing law provides various sources of revenue for transportation projects undertaken by state and local agencies.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation related to transportation.
02/20/26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Existing law requires a housing development project to be an allowed use as a transit-oriented housing development on any site zoned for residential, mixed, or commercial development within prescribed distances of a transit-oriented development stop if the development complies with specified requirements. Existing law applies these provisions to a local agency beginning July 1, 2026, unless the local agency adopts an ordinance or local transit-oriented development alternative plan, as specified. Existing law prescribes requirements for these plans, including requiring that the plan not reduce the capacity in any transit-oriented development zone in total units or residential floor area by more than 50%. Existing law defines various terms for these purposes.
This bill would provide that a transit-oriented development alternative plan may reduce the capacity in up to one transit-oriented development zone in total units or residential floor area by more than 50% if certain requirements are met.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65912.161 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2576 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2576 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
08/19/26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and requires the department to improve and maintain the state highways.
This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the California Transportation Commission, to prepare a report to assess the services provided by the department to maintain and improve the state highway system, and the needs of state highway infrastructure, in the southeast portion of the County of Los Angeles. The bill would require the department to submit the report to the Legislature, and post the report on its internet website, on or before February 1, 2028. In preparing the report, the bill would require the department to provide an opportunity to comment on the topic of the report, as specified.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Los Angeles.
03/23/26 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
If a lead agency determines that a project will have a significant transportation impact, existing law authorizes the lead agency to mitigate the transportation impact to a less than significant level by helping to fund or otherwise facilitating housing or related infrastructure projects, including by contributing an amount, to be determined pursuant to guidance issued by the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, to the Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Fund for purposes of the Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Program. Existing law makes those moneys available to the Department of Housing and Community Development, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the purpose of awarding funding for affordable housing or related infrastructure projects under the program in accordance with specified priorities. On or before July 1, 2026, and at least once every 3 years thereafter, existing law requires the office, in consultation with other state agencies, to issue guidance related to the implementation of these provisions, as provided.
This bill would authorize a lead agency for a land use project to require an applicant to contribute to the Transit-Oriented Development Implementation Fund if certain cost conditions are met and the department and the office have validated the reductions in vehicle miles traveled that are attributable to the project, as specified..
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
04/29/26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Existing law establishes the Transportation Agency, which has the power of general supervision over specified state entities. Existing law requires the agency to develop and report on legislative, budgetary, and administrative programs to accomplish comprehensive, long-range, coordinated planning and policy formation in the matters of public interest related to the agency.
This bill would establish specified goals for the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI), consistent with state law.
08/13/26 In committee: Held under submission.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests the department with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes. Existing law establishes the Tahoe Transportation District as a special purpose district managed by representatives from the States of California and Nevada to, among other things, operate a public transportation system in the Lake Tahoe Basin.
This bill would authorize the department, within the Tahoe corridor,
to contract with a state agency, a local government, or the district
relating to safety, access, and parking in the corridor to (1)
designate the portions of state highways that constitute the
corridor, (2) prevent unsafe parking and pedestrian movement
movement in the corridor, as provided, and enhance public
access to the corridor and public recreation sites, by, among other
things, developing public parking, establishing and collecting fees
for public parking, and developing transit facilities and pedestrian
pathways to connect public parking to recreation sites, as specified.
This bill would require all moneys collected from a fee for that
public parking to be deposited into the Tahoe Safe Recreation Access
Fund, which the bill would establish, and would continuously
appropriate moneys in the fund to would, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, require the department to
use those moneys for purposes of improving transportation
facilities on state highways in the Tahoe Basin, as specified, thereby
making an appropriation. The bill would require all penalty moneys
collected through citations issued for failing to pay parking fees to
be deposited into the Tahoe Safe Recreation Access Penalty Account,
which the bill would establish, and would continuously
appropriate moneys in the account to would, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, require the department to
use those moneys for enforcement of parking restrictions and
prohibitions on state highways in the Tahoe Basin, thereby making an
appropriation.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Lake Tahoe Basin.
08/13/26 In committee: Held under submission.
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Designates the portion of Route 41 from postmile ____ to postmile ____, in the County of Madera as the “Buffalo Soldiers Madera County Trailhead”.
04/08/26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
This measure would designate the portion of State Route 80 [I-80], from the Sweeney Creek Bridge № 23-83 [№ 23-0083L/R], at postmile 32.898, to the Pitt School Road Overcrossing № 23-152 [№ 23-0152], at postmile 36.901, in the County of Solano as “the Parole Agent Joshua L. Byrd Memorial Highway”.
08/18/26 In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
This measure would express the consent of the Legislature for the Counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Yuba, and any adjacent counties that vote to join the aforementioned counties to form a new state from within the current boundaries of the State of California, and would urge Congress to accept and embrace that consent.
06/08/26 Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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Existing law requires the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation and the Natural Resources Agency, on or before July 1, 2026, and every 3 years thereafter, to update the Extreme Heat Action Plan to promote comprehensive, coordinated, and effective state and local government action on extreme heat.
This bill would require the office and the agency, on or before July 1, 2028, to conduct an assessment of the disparate and differentiated gendered impacts and risks of extreme heat, as provided, for purposes of integration into updates to the Extreme Heat Action Plan. The bill would require the office and the agency to post the gender assessment on their respective internet websites and to provide the assessment to the relevant policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature.
Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature to prioritize the most vulnerable communities, ecosystems, and economic sectors in the state’ climate adaptation and resilience strategy set forth in the Safeguarding California Plan and that the Natural Resources Agency consider developing policies to address the impacts of climate change and climate adaptation with a focus on equity and that actions taken to address climate adaptation should be consistent with the plan and specifies that in developing these policies and taking these actions, the agency include the adoption of strategies that seek to address and, at a minimum, avoid worsening social and racial inequities.
This bill would additionally state the intent of the Legislature that those strategies shall seek to address and, at a minimum, avoid worsening gender inequities.
Existing law requires the office, through the Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program, to develop the California Climate Change Assessment to provide an integrated suite of products that report the impacts and risks of climate change, based on the best available science, and identify potential solutions to inform legislative policy. Existing law requires the office to complete the assessment no less frequently than every 5 years. Existing law requires the products in the assessment to include, among other things, reports on issues of statewide significance, including, but not limited to, environmental justice considerations.
This bill would expressrly require the reports on issues of statewide significance to include gender impact considerations.
08/13/26 August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Food and Agriculture to accept funds or services from any person for maintenance or enhancement of a section of a state riverway, as defined, for purposes of operating the government-volunteer partnership Adopt-A-Riverway Program. Existing law authorizes local authorities, with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions, to place and maintain courtesy signs that recognize the monetary sponsors of that program, as provided.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to the latter provision.
02/11/26 Referred to Com. on RLS.
Existing law prohibits a public agency, which includes the state, a city, a county, a city and county, or any agency or political subdivision of the state, a city, a county, or a city and county, including, but not limited to, a law enforcement agency, from selling, sharing, or transferring automated license plate recognition (ALPR) information, except to another public agency, and only as otherwise permitted by law. Existing law defines ALPR information as information or data collected through the use of an ALPR system.
This bill would provide that “public agency” does not include a transportation agency, a public transit operator, department of transportation, public works department, or campus transportation agency, as specified, a public agency or contracted parking operator when engaging in specified activities in a parking facility, a state agency operating specified parking facilities, or the State Air Resources Board. The bill would require a public agency that accesses or provides access to ALPR information to maintain a record of that access, as provided. The bill would, beginning January 1, 2027, require new, updated, renewed, extended, expansions of, or addendums of contractual agreements with ALPR vendors, manufacturers, or suppliers to mandate that no default access is provided to any national ALPR database and that an agency’s collected scans are by default not accessible to any other agency, except as specified, and would impose new requirements on sharing between California state law enforcement agencies.
This bill would authorize a law enforcement agency to use ALPR information only for purposes of locating vehicles or persons when either are reasonably suspected of being involved in the commission of a public offense or locating an individual who has been reported as missing to a law enforcement agency. The bill, as of January 1, 2027, 2028, would require a public agency to archive all ALPR information that has been held for more than 60 days within 14 days, unless that ALPR information is retained in the evidence file of an active investigation or criminal proceeding or matches information on an authorized hot list, as defined, and retain ALPR information that becomes part of an investigation or criminal proceeding in the evidence file as long as the evidence file is required to be held by state law or court order. The bill would prohibit a public agency from querying any archived information except pursuant to a warrant, as specified.
By imposing new requirements on public agencies, which include local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Existing law defines an ALPR operator as a person that operates an ALPR system, which does not include a transportation agency. Existing law defines an ALPR end-user as a person that accesses or uses an ALPR system, which does not include, among other things, a transportation agency.
This bill would additionally exclude from the definitions of “ALPR operator” and “ALPR end-user” a public transit operator, department of transportation, public works department, campus transportation agency, or an airport or airport operator, as provided. The bill would also exclude from the definition of “ALPR operator” the Department of General Services and its operators when engaging in specified activities in a parking facility and would exclude from the definition of “ALPR end-user” a state agency operating specified parking facilities and the State Air Resources Board.
Existing law requires an ALPR operator and ALPR end-user to maintain reasonable security procedures and practices, including operational, administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, to protect ALPR information from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure.
This bill would require those security procedures and practices to include safeguards for managing which employees can see the data from their systems, as specified, and requiring data security training and data privacy training for all employees that access ALPR information.
Existing law requires an ALPR operator and ALPR end-user to implement a usage and privacy policy that includes, among other things, a description of the job title or other designation of the employees and independent contractors who are authorized to access and use ALPR information.
This bill would require the usage and privacy policy to identify what purpose employees and independent contractors access and use ALPR information for. The bill would also require the Department of Justice to, beginning October 1, 2029, and contingent upon an appropriation of sufficient funds, conduct annual random audits on a public agency that is an ALPR operator or ALPR end-user to determine whether they have implemented and are adhering to that usage and privacy policy.
Existing law requires an ALPR operator that accesses or provides access to ALPR information to require that ALPR information only be used for the authorized purposes described in the usage and privacy policy and to maintain a record of that access that includes, among other things, the purpose for accessing the information.
This bill would instead require that record of access maintained by the ALPR operator to include a brief, accurate, specific, and plain language statement describing the purpose for accessing ALPR information.
The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
08/27/26 Ordered to third reading.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to issue specialized license plates. Under existing law, a state agency is authorized to apply to the DMV to sponsor a specialized license plate program, and the DMV is required to issue those license plates if the agency meets certain requirements. The DMV is required to charge specified fees for certain services related to the issuance of those plates. Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services (OES) to apply to the DMV to sponsor a domestic violence and sexual assault awareness license plate program, and establishes the California Domestic Violence Prevention Fund in the State Treasury for the deposit of the revenue derived from these license plates. These funds are allocated, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to OES for purposes of funding the Family Violence Prevention Program.
This bill would establish the survivors of human trafficking grant program administered by OES to benefit survivors of human trafficking and would require the OES to apply to the DMV to sponsor a human trafficking awareness license plate program. The bill would establish the Survivors of Human Trafficking License Plate Fund for the deposit of revenue derived from these license plates and would require that funds from these license plates be allocated, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to the OES for the purpose of funding the survivors of human trafficking grant program. The bill would require the OES to provide grants to community-based organizations, as specified, that provide direct services to vulnerable individuals in areas with high concentrations of human trafficking, and would require OES to submit a report annually to the Legislature, as specified. The bill would state that this act may be cited as Blair and Kendra’s Law.
05/14/26 May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Existing law defines “disabled veteran” for purposes of the Vehicle Code as, among other things, a person who, as a result of injury or disease suffered while on active service with the Armed Forces of the United States, has a disability that has been rated at 100% by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Existing law also defines a “disabled veteran” as a veteran who is unable to move without the aid of an assistant device. Existing law defines a “disabled person” as a person who has lost, or has lost the use of, one or more lower extremities or both hands, or who has significant limitation in the use of lower extremities, or who has a diagnosed disease or disorder which substantially impairs or interferes with mobility, or who is so severely disabled as to be unable to move without the aid of an assistant device, among other conditions.
This bill would expand the definition of “disabled veteran” to include a person who has a condition that meets the eligibility requirements for a disabled person, as specified above.
Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles, upon application and without additional fees, to issue a special license plate or plates to a disabled person, disabled veteran, or an organization or agency involved in the transportation of disabled persons or veterans, as specified, in accordance with procedures adopted by the department. Existing law authorizes a disabled person or disabled veteran to apply to the department for the issuance of a distinguishing placard in lieu of the special license plate or plates for parking purposes, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to establish procedures for the issuance and renewal of the placards.
This bill would require the department to issue a special license plate or plates to a disabled veteran rated 100% permanent and total if the veteran also qualifies for the placard mentioned above, regardless of whether the qualifying mobility condition is service connected.
05/14/26 May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
(1) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act requires the state board to adopt rules and regulations to achieve the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emissions reductions to ensure that the statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40% below the statewide greenhouse gas emissions limit, as defined, no later than December 31, 2030. Pursuant to the act, the state board has adopted the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations.
The act authorizes the state board to include in its regulation of those emissions the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
This bill would suspend the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations for one year. The bill would also exempt suppliers of transportation fuels from regulations for the use of market-based compliance mechanisms for one year.
This bill would direct the Controller to transfer a specified amount from the General Fund to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. By transferring General Fund moneys to a partially continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.
(2) Existing law, the Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Law, imposes a tax upon each gallon of motor vehicle fuel removed from a refinery or terminal rack in this state, entered into this state, or sold in this state, at a specified rate per gallon.
This bill would suspend the imposition of the tax on motor vehicle fuels for one year. The bill would require a seller of motor vehicle fuels to provide a receipt to a purchaser that indicates the amount of tax that would have otherwise applied to the transaction.
This bill would also direct the Controller to transfer a specified amount from the General Fund to the Motor Vehicle Fuel Account in the Transportation Tax Fund. By transferring General Fund moneys to a continuously appropriated account, this bill would make an appropriation.
(3) Existing unfair competition laws establish a statutory cause of action for unfair competition, including any unlawful, unfair, or fraudulent business act or practice and unfair, deceptive, untrue, or misleading advertising and acts prohibited by false advertisement laws.
This bill would require that all savings realized based on the suspension of the motor vehicle fuels tax, the suspension of the Low Carbon Fuel Standard regulations, and the exemption of suppliers of transportation fuels from regulations for use of market-based compliance mechanisms by a person other than an end consumer, as defined, be passed on to the end consumer, and would make the violation of this requirement an unfair business practice, in violation of unfair competition laws, as provided.
(4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
03/18/26 March 18 set for first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 2.) Reconsideration granted.
Existing law prohibits a person from operating, as specified, any motor vehicle unless it is registered and the appropriate fees have been paid. Under existing law, the Director of Motor Vehicles is authorized to establish a registration year for any vehicle consisting of any period from 7 months to 18 months, inclusive, with subsequent renewals being required at yearly intervals thereafter. Existing law requires current month and year tabs to be attached to the rear license plate assigned to a vehicle for the last preceding registration year in which license plates were issued.
This bill would request the Milton Marks “Little Hoover” Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy to conduct a study on modernizing vehicle registration in the state, including, at a minimum, an analysis of the effect of eliminating physical registration stickers, authorizing the department to issue or renew a motor vehicle registration for 2 years, and authorizing installment payments for vehicle registration. The bill would request the commission to submit a report to the Legislature on the study no later than January 1, 2028.
05/14/26 May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Existing law prohibits the false impersonation of another person in either that person’s personal or official capacity with the intent to steal or defraud, as specified. Existing law protects all people from defamation, including libel and slander, as provided. Existing law makes any person who knowingly uses another’s name, voice, signature, photograph, or likeness for commercial purposes, as specified, without that person’s prior consent liable for damages, as specified. Existing law provides that a party seeking relief pursuant to those provisions may also seek an injunction or temporary restraining order according to specified procedures.
This bill would enact the Digital Dignity Act. The act would subject to specified liability a person who, by distributing content with actual knowledge that the content includes a digital replica, is found guilty of violating a criminal provision for which false impersonation of another is a required element, as prescribed, or is found liable in a civil action arising from the use or portrayal through a digital replica, as provided.
The Digital Dignity Act would require a large online platform that includes a generative AI tool, as defined, that provides users with the functionality to create a digital replica of other individuals to provide a mechanism for individuals to report content that violates the platform’s terms of service or a provision of law relating to the individual’s digital replica and to submit to the large online platform any certified court order or judgment ordering the removal of any content involving the individual’s digital replica on the platform or finding that content involving the individual’s digital replica was defamatory, fraudulent, or any other form of image appropriation not permitted by law, as prescribed. Upon receipt of the court order or judgment, the act would require the large online platform to remove the digital replica and make reasonable efforts to identify and remove any known identical copies. The act would authorize a city attorney or the Attorney General to bring a civil action to enforce these provisions and to seek a specified civil penalty and injunctive relief. The act would require a generative AI tool provider to maintain, for no less than 90 days, records sufficient to allow compliance with a court order issued pursuant to a civil action by the city attorney or Attorney General, as prescribed.
05/14/26 May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Existing law establishes the state flag and the state’s emblems, including, among other things, the golden poppy as the official state flower, the California redwood as the official state tree, and the California Grizzly Bear as the official state animal. Existing law establishes the California State Library within the state government and vests control of the library to the State Librarian. Existing law authorizes the California State Library to serve as the central reference and research library for the departments of state government and maintain adequate legislative reference and research library services for the Legislature.
This bill would require the California State Library to conduct a study, in consultation with the public, on the best candidate for the official state wasp. The bill would require the California State Library, on or before January 1, 2028, to submit a report to the Legislature with the California State Library’s recommendations based on the study, as provided. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.
05/14/26 May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Existing state law, Proposition 7, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 6, 2018, statewide general election, sets the standard time for California and sets daylight saving time to begin each March and end each November, as specified. Proposition 7 authorizes the Legislature to amend these provisions by a ⅔ vote to change the dates and times of the daylight saving time period, consistent with federal law, and authorizes the Legislature to amend these provisions by a 2/3 vote to provide for the application of year-round daylight saving time when authorized by federal law.
This bill would repeal daylight saving time in the state and the provisions regarding the Legislature’s authority to amend the above-described provisions by a ⅔ vote. The bill would instead require the state and all political subdivisions of the state to observe year-round standard time. The bill would exempt the state and all political subdivisions of the state from the provisions of federal law that establish the advancement of time. If the federal government adopts year-long daylight saving time, the bill would require the state and all political subdivisions of the state to set time to conform with that adoption, as specified. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
05/14/26 May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Existing law establishes various official emblems of the state, including establishing the California dog-face butterfly (zerene eurydice) as the official State Insect. Existing law establishes the California State Library within the state government and vests control of the library to the State Librarian. Existing law authorizes the California State Library to serve as the central reference and research library for the departments of state government and maintain adequate legislative reference and research library services for the Legislature.
This bill would require the California State Library to research, in consultation with the public, on the best candidate for the official State Butterfly. The bill would require the California State Library, on or before January 1, 2028, to submit a report to the Legislature with the California State Library’s recommendations based on the study, as provided. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.
05/14/26 May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Existing law establishes the state flag and the state’s emblems, including, among other things, the California Grizzly Bear as the state animal, the California gray whale as the state marine mammal, and the Pacific leatherback sea turtle as the state marine reptile. Existing law establishes the California State Library within the state government and vests control of the library to the State Librarian. Existing law authorizes the California State Library to serve as the central reference and research library for the departments of state government and maintain adequate legislative reference and research library services for the Legislature.
This bill would require the California State Library to conduct a study, in consultation with the public, on the best candidate for the official state pinniped. The bill would require the California State Library, on or before January 1, 2028, to submit a report to the Legislature with the California State Library’s recommendations based on the study, as provided. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2032.
05/14/26 May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system. Existing law authorizes the California Transportation Commission to select, adopt, and determine the location for state highways on routes authorized by law, as specified. Existing law authorizes the commission to adopt an existing road as a state highway on an authorized route if the road is constructed to adequate standards. Existing law provides that State Highway Route 59 is from Route 152 northerly to Route 99 near the City of Merced and from Route 99 near the City of Merced to Snelling.
This bill would, on or before December 31, 2030, require the commission to reach an agreement with the Counties of Merced, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne for the acquisition and adoption of county road J59 as a state highway, as specified. The bill would, on and after January 1, 2031, instead provide that State Highway Route 59 is from Route 152 northerly to Route 99 near the City of Merced and from Route 99 near the City of Merced to the junction of Routes 108 and 120.
05/14/26 May 14 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with possession and control of all state highways. Existing law requires the department, on or before July 1, 1992, to adopt and implement a deicing policy for state highways, as specified. Existing law specifically requires the department to remove snow from a specified portion of Interstate Route 80, as specified.
This bill would require, on or before April 1 of each year, the department, to the extent feasible, to notify an affected local official of the department’s proposed schedule for opening a mountain pass, as defined. The bill would require the department to develop a public outreach plan to inform the public about the closing and opening of a mountain pass, as specified.
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08/13/26 August 13 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
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Designates the Yerba Buena Tunnel on I-80, located between postmile 7.719R and 7.821R in the City and County of San Francisco, as the “Emperor Norton Tunnel”.
08/24/26 Referred to Com. on TRANS.
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This bill would require elections officials, on or before the 13th day following an election, to finish counting all ballots, with certain exceptions, including provisional ballots and ballots for which the voter must either verify or provide a signature, and release a vote count for those ballots. If an elections official will not meet that deadline, they would be required to file a notice of extension, including the reason for the extension, with the Secretary of State. By increasing the duties of county elections officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
10/03/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 250, Statutes of 2025.
Existing law, until January 1, 2027, prohibits a person, committee, or other entity, within 60 days of an election at which a candidate for elective office will appear on the ballot, from distributing with actual malice materially deceptive audio or visual media of the candidate with the intent to injure the candidate’s reputation or to deceive a voter into voting for or against the candidate, unless the media includes a disclosure stating that the media has been manipulated, subject to specified exemptions.
Existing law, until January 1, 2027, authorizes a candidate for elective office whose voice or likeness appears in audio or visual media distributed in violation of this section to seek injunctive or other equitable relief prohibiting the distribution of the deceptive audio or visual media; authorizes a candidate whose voice or likeness appears in the deceptive audio or visual media to bring an action for general or special damages against the person, committee, or other entity that distributed the media; and authorizes the court to award a prevailing party reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. A court is required to place such proceedings on the calendar in the order of their date of filing and give them precedence.
This bill would extend the repeal date of these provisions to January 1, 2031.
09/19/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 334, Statutes of 2026.
Existing law, the California Endangered Species Act, prohibits the taking of an endangered or threatened species, except in certain situations, including, if specified conditions are met, under a permit issued by the Department of Fish and Wildlife commonly known as an incidental take permit. Existing law also enumerates fully protected species and prohibits the take of fully protected species, except under limited circumstances.
This bill would permit the department to authorize, under the California Endangered Species Act, the incidental take of specified fully protected species resulting from impacts attributable to a specified project on State Route 3, if certain conditions are met, including, among others, the conditions required for the issuance of an incidental take permit.
[Note: The specified project is Sears Point to Mare Island Improvement Project on State Route 37 from east of Lakeville Highway near State Route 121 in the County of Sonoma to west of Sacramento Street in the County of Solano]
10/07/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 438, Statutes of 2025.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law provides for the California Transportation Commission to adopt locations for state highways on routes authorized by law, and describes the authorized routes in the state highway system, including that for Route 76, as provided.
This bill would name and designate specified portions of Route 76 as the “Payómkawish Highway.” The bill would require the department to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving sufficient donations from nonstate sources to cover those costs, to erect those signs.
07/30/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 86, Statutes of 2025.
This bill would further prohibit a person from installing or affixing a shade or tint that obstructs the reading or recognition of a license plate by an electronic device operated by state or local law enforcement, an electronic device operated in connection with a toll road, high-occupancy toll lane, toll bridge, or other toll facility, or a remote emission sensing device, as specified. The bill would further prohibit the manufacture of these products and devices in the state and impose a $1,000 fine per item sold or manufactured for a violation of these provisions. The bill would also make clarifying changes. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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.
[Good! One of the things that bothers me are all these folks with license plate wraps to change colors (white on black, blue on black, red on black, green on black, etc.) or with covers to evade toll readers. -- DPF]
10/01/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 179, Statutes of 2025.
Existing law authorizes local authorities, for those highways under their jurisdiction, to adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution, on various matters, including regulating traffic by means of specified official traffic control devices and prohibiting the use of particular highways by certain vehicles. Existing law authorizes specified proposed ordinances or resolutions to be effective as to any state highway or part thereof if the proposed ordinance or resolution is submitted to the Department of Transportation for approval prior to the enactment, as specified.
This bill would require the Department of Transportation, when reviewing and approving or rejecting an ordinance or resolution that has been submitted to the department for approval by a local authority, to consider the costs of the proposed ordinance or resolution compared to any possible alternative solution to the issue that the proposed ordinance or resolution is addressing and to provide written reasons and justifications for a rejection.
09/27/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 511, Statutes of 2026.
Existing law authorizes an unmarried person who is under 18 years of age to marry upon obtaining a court order granting permission and the written consent of at least one of the parents or the guardian of each underage party to the marriage, as specified. Existing law requires the court, if it considers it necessary, as part of the court order granting permission to marry, to require the parties to the prospective marriage of a minor to participate in premarital counseling, as specified.
Existing law provides that 2 unmarried, unrelated adults who have chosen to share one another’s lives in an intimate and committed relationship of mutual caring may establish a domestic partnership by filing a declaration with the Secretary of State, if certain requirements are met. Existing law provides that a person under 18 years of age who, together with the person with whom the person proposes to establish a domestic partnership, meets the requirements for a domestic partnership other than the requirement of being at least 18 years of age, is capable of consenting to and establishing a domestic partnership upon obtaining a court order granting permission to the underage person or persons to establish a domestic partnership. Under existing law, registered domestic partners have the same rights, protections, and benefits as spouses.
This bill would repeal the authorization for a person under 18 years of age to be issued a marriage license or to establish a domestic partnership, thereby prohibiting a person under 18 years of age from being issued a marriage license or from establishing a domestic partnership. The bill would make conforming changes.
Existing law requires the State Registrar to create a document, no later than March 1, 2020, concerning marriage certificates in which one or both of the parties were minors at the time of solemnization of the marriage. Existing law requires the State Registrar to update that document annually, as specified. Existing law requires the local registrar to submit specified information for the purposes of that report.
This bill would repeal those provisions.
09/30/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res.
Chapter TBD, Statutes of 2026. (Conf by BBC)
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights on property acquired for state highway purposes. Various provisions of existing law specifically provide for the acquisition, transfer, and use of property owned by the department.
This bill would, with respect to a parcel that the department transferred to the City of Lynwood, require the department, upon request from the city, to develop and enter into an agreement with the city to release and remove a deed restriction imposed on that parcel if the city agrees to transfer the deed restriction to another specified parcel and other certain other requirements are met. If the city and department enter into this agreement, the bill would require the city to submit reports to the Legislature, and specified committees of the Legislature, at prescribed intervals on the use of this authority to develop those parcels.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Lynwood.
09/27/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 516, Statutes of 2026.
Existing law establishes the California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program under the administration of the Director of Emergency Services to improve the physical security of nonprofit organizations that are at high risk of violent attacks or hate crimes due to ideology, beliefs, or mission. Existing law authorizes applicants to use grant funds for prescribed security enhancements, including security training. Existing law makes the operation of the program contingent upon appropriation in the annual Budget Act.
This bill would instead establish the California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program to improve the physical security of nonprofit organizations and events hosted by nonprofit organizations that are at a high risk of violent attacks or hate crimes, as described above. The bill would also authorize the grant money to be used by applicants for security enhancements for security for onsite or offsite events hosted by a nonprofit organization, as defined and specified. The bill would prohibit these provisions from limiting a nonprofit organization without a physical site from being eligible for funding for offsite events, as specified. The bill would limit security for offsite events to $25,000 of the grant funds awarded. The bill would prohibit the Office of Emergency Services from imposing monetary and percentile limits on any individual eligible security enhancement, except as specified.
09/25/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 441, Statutes of 2026.
Existing law, the Digital Age Assurance Act (DAAA), beginning January 1, 2027, requires, among other things related to age verification with respect to software applications, an operating system provider, as defined, to provide an accessible interface at account setup that requires an account holder, as defined, to indicate the birth date, age, or both, of the user of that device for the purpose of providing a signal regarding the user’s age bracket to applications available in a covered application store. Existing law defines the term “user” for these purposes to mean a child that is the primary user of a device.
This bill would, among other things, delete that definition of “user,” would specify that the requirement of an operating system provider to provide an accessible interface applies if an operating system operates on a device and has an account setup feature, and would require the signal to be provided to a covered application store or application developer, as prescribed. The bill would prohibit a person from requesting a signal with respect to a particular user from an operating system provider or a covered application store if not required to do so by the DAAA or any other applicable law.
09/10/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 184, Statutes of 2026.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests it with full possession and control of the state highway system.
This bill would require the department, in consultation with the Transportation Agency and relevant regional and local authorities, to conduct a pilot study in a region or area of the state, as determined by the department, on the impact of third-party navigation applications on the state highway system and local street and road networks. The bill would require the pilot study to analyze how third-party navigation applications affect congestion displacement, local infrastructure, safety metrics, and emergency response, as provided. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2029, to submit the study, and a report of related policy recommendations for regulatory or legislative action to improve the alignment between third-party navigation applications and state and local traffic management goals, to the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2033.
09/15/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 207, Statutes of 2026.
The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires a lead agency, as defined, to prepare, or cause to be prepared, and certify the completion of an environmental impact report on a project that it proposes to carry out or approve that may have a significant effect on the environment or to adopt a negative declaration if it finds that the project will not have that effect. CEQA also requires a lead agency to prepare a mitigated negative declaration for a project that may have a significant effect on the environment if revisions in the project would avoid or mitigate that effect and there is no substantial evidence that the project, as revised, would have a significant effect on the environment.
CEQA requires the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation to prepare, develop, and transmit to the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency for certification and adoption proposed revisions to the CEQA implementation guidelines to establish criteria for determining the significance of transportation impacts of projects within transit priority areas, and requires the criteria to promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the development of multimodal transportation networks, and a diversity of land uses. CEQA requires the office to recommend potential metrics, including, among other metrics, vehicle miles traveled, to measure these transportation impacts.
This bill would require the Department of Transportation, in consultation with specified entities, to, on or before December 31, 2030, develop guidance on vehicle-miles-travel mitigation measures for transportation projects in nonmetropolitan counties, as provided. The bill would require the department to publish the guidance on its internet website and add the guidance as an addendum to the Transportation Analysis Framework and the Transportation Analysis under CEQA. The bill would specify that a transportation project for which the lead agency has issued a notice of preparation for the project’s environmental impact report on or before December 31, 2031 is presumed to have a less than significant transportation impact as determined by the vehicle-miles-traveled metric if at least 70% of the project lies within one or more nonmetropolitan counties. Because the bill would impose additional duties on a lead agency in its analysis of significant transportation impacts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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.
09/27/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 576, Statutes of 2026.
Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state, including Cesar Chavez Day on March 31, and requires the Governor to annually proclaim March 31 as Cesar Chavez Day.
This bill would instead designate March 31 as Farmworkers Day and would require the Governor to annually proclaim March 31 as Farmworkers Day.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
03/26/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 7, Statutes of 2026.
Existing law establishes a specialized license plate program and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue specialized license plates, also referred to as environmental license plates, on behalf of a sponsoring state agency if the agency receives 7,500 applications for that plate within a 12-month period, among other requirements. Existing law authorizes a person who is the registered owner or lessee of a vehicle to apply to the department for specialized license plates. Existing law imposes a fee, in addition to the regular registration fee, for the issuance, renewal, retention, transfer, and duplication of specialized license plates. Existing law requires that all revenue derived from these fees be deposited in the California Environmental License Plate Fund.
This bill would require the Arts Council to apply to the department to sponsor “The Lowrider” specialized license plate program, as specified. The bill would require the design of the plate to reflect lowrider culture and heritage. The bill would require the council to consult with a nonprofit entity for plate design consultation, stakeholder engagement, publicity, and community outreach. The bill would authorize the council to accept and use donated or licensed artwork from a nonprofit entity for these purposes, and to use funds from nonprofit or private sources to augment implementation. The bill would require the department, after deducting its administrative costs, to deposit additional revenue derived from the issuance, renewal, transfer, and substitution of the plate into the Specialized License Plate Fund in the State Treasury. The bill would require the council to use those funds, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to fund projects that include, among others, supporting lowrider arts and cultural preservation efforts. The bill would authorize the council to use 4 to 6% of those funds to consult with or enter into an agreement with a nonprofit entity to support implementation of the program.
09/16/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 243, Statutes of 2026.
Existing law provides that a housing development project shall be an allowed use as a transit-oriented housing development if specified conditions and requirements are met. Existing law provides that these provisions do not apply to a local agency until July 1, 2026, unless the local agency adopts an ordinance or local transit-oriented development alternative plan, as defined, deemed compliant by the Department of Housing and Community Development before July 1, 2026. Existing law specifies that, beginning on January 1, 2027, a local government that denies a housing development project meeting the requirements referenced above that is located in a high-resource area is presumed to be in violation of specified law and immediately liable for specified penalties. Existing law specifies exclusions from the provisions described above, including, among other sites prior to one year following the adoption of the 7th revision of the housing element, a site with a historic resource designated as of January 1, 2025, on a local register.
This bill would also exclude from the provisions described above, a contributing site within a historic district included on the State Historic Resources Inventory designated before January 1, 2025, and a parcel individually listed as a historical resource included on the State Historic Resources Inventory designated before January 1, 2025.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 65912.161 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2415 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2415 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
09/15/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2026.
(1) Existing law authorizes a city or county in which a planned transportation facility was to be located on State Highway Route 238 in the City of Hayward and the County of Alameda to develop and file with the California Transportation Commission a local alternative transportation improvement program that addresses transportation problems and opportunities in the county, and provides for the use of revenues from the sale of excess properties acquired for the planned state facility in order to fund the local alternative transportation improvement program. Existing law prohibits the commission from approving a local alternative transportation improvement program submitted under these provisions after July 1, 2010. Existing law requires revenues from excess property sales for State Highway Route 238 to be deposited into a separate account in the Special Deposit Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, to be available for expenditure by local agencies for projects designated in the local alternative transportation improvement program.
This bill would authorize the Alameda County Transportation Commission to file an amendment to the local alternative transportation improvement program for approval by the commission, and would authorize that amendment to propose to revise the projects listed in the program. Before filing the proposed amendment with the commission, the bill would require the Alameda County Transportation Commission to obtain the approval of the amendment from the city councils of the Cities of Hayward and San Leandro and the board of supervisors of the County of Alameda. By authorizing the commission to approve a revised list of projects, the bill would expand the purposes for which continuously appropriated funds may be expended, thereby making an appropriation.
(2) Existing law makes it a crime for a person to pilot a vessel through the Golden Gate and into or out of a harbor in the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun, unless the person has a license as a pilot, as provided. Existing law defines “Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun” as all the waters of the Bay of San Francisco, Bay of San Pablo, and Bay of Suisun, and of the tributaries, ports, and harbors of those bays, including the water areas from the south end of San Francisco Bay and from the Ports of Sacramento and Stockton to the Golden Gate Bridge. Existing law requires a pilot that provides pilotage service in the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun to be insured, as provided, and requires a vessel, owner, operator, or demise or bareboat charterer hiring the pilot to either defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the pilot or provide trip insurance, as provided.
This bill would clarify that the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun includes the Ports of Sacramento and Stockton. The bill would also clarify that those insurance provisions apply to any portion of a vessel transit that occurs within the waters of the Ports of Sacramento and Stockton. To the extent the bill would expand the definition of the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun, it would increase the scope of a crime and impose a state-mandated local program.
(3) Existing law specifies standards and requirements for the equipment of motor vehicles. Existing law generally requires motor carriers, drivers, and vehicles to comply with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations related to safety requirements for commercial motor vehicle operations, subject to department regulations. Under existing law, it is an infraction for a person to violate, or fail to comply with, a provision of the Vehicle Code, unless otherwise specified.
This bill would additionally require motor carriers, drivers, vehicles, and shippers to comply with specified federal regulations related to the transportation of hazardous materials to the extent that they relate to transportation by highway unless the motor carrier, driver, vehicle, or shipper is an agency of the federal government. The bill would clarify that motor carriers, drivers, vehicles, and shippers not subject to the federal regulations described above are required to comply with those regulations unless specifically exempted from that compliance pursuant to department regulations. Because a violation of these provisions would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(4) Existing law authorizes a city, county, or city and county to establish an automated traffic enforcement system program to use those systems to detect a violation of a traffic control signal, if the system meets specified requirements. Existing law makes photographic, video, and administrative records made by a system confidential and specifies that data about the number of violations issued is not an administrative record required to be disclosed. Existing law establishes an administrative hearing process for notices of violations issued under these provisions and authorizes a contestant to seek review of the final decision by filing an appeal to the small claims division of the superior court or the traffic division of the superior court, as specified. Existing law provides that the conduct of the hearing on appeal is a subordinate duty that may be performed by a commissioner or other subordinate judicial officer, as specified.
This bill would instead specify that data about the number of violations issued is not an administrative record prohibited from disclosure and is subject to disclosure. The bill would delete references to the small claims division or traffic division of a superior court in the above-described provisions and instead authorize a contestant to file an appeal to the superior court. The bill would provide that the conduct of the hearing on appeal may be a subordinate duty. The bill would also make a conforming change.
(5) 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.
09/15/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 223, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the Feather River Bridge and Overhead (Bridge № 18-0009) on Route 20 from PM SUT 17.001 in the County of Sutter, City of Marysville, to PM YUB 0.450 in the County of Yuba, City of Yuba City as the “POW/MIA Bridge”.
07/08/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 132, Statutes of 2025.
Designates the section of Route 99 between the Collier Road Overcrossing № 29-0137 (SJ 036.667) and Begin Bridge No Channel Dry Cr № 24-0030R (SJ 038.766) in the County of San Joaquin as the “Galt Police Officer Harminder Grewal Memorial Highway”.
09/10/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 175, Statutes of 2025.
Designates the portion of Route 10 from the Malki Road undercrossing (PM RIV R16.544) to the East Cabazon Ramp overcrossing (PM RIV R19.398) in the County of Riverside as the “Assistant Chief Josh Bischof, Captain Tim Rodriguez, and Pilot Tony Sousa Memorial Highway”.
07/03/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 130, Statutes of 2025.
Designates the portion of US 101 in the County of Santa Clara from Story Road (SCL 34.224) to the junction with Route 280 and Route 680 (SCL 34.873) as the “Little Saigon Freeway”. In August 2025, it was noted that Santa Clara leaders had shown support for the proposal; see here.
02/20/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 4, Statutes of 2026.
Designate the portion of Route 94 from Potrero Valley Road (SD 41.393) to Bell Valley Truck Trail (SD R44.96) in the County of San Diego as the “Border Patrol Agent Daniel H. Salazar Memorial Highway”
04/28/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 50, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the portion of US 101 from the 14th Street Overcrossing № 04-0245 (HUM 86.501) to Turner Draw (HUM 89.181), in the County of Humboldt, as the “Assembly Member Patty Berg Memorial Highway”
04/28/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 51, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the Russian River Bridge and Overhead, Bridge № 10-0310 (MEN 33.6) on Route 20 in the County of Mendocino, as the “Charlie Barra Memorial Bridge”
04/28/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 52, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the portion of Route 46 in the County of San Luis Obispo, from Cholame (SLO 54.038) to Antelope Road (SLO 58.300) as the “James Dean Memorial Highway”. This also rescinded the designation of the Route 41/Route 46 junction as the James Dean Memorial Junction.
04/28/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 53, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the portion of Route 43 in the City of Selma, from East Mountain View Avenue (FRE 7.340) to the junction of Route 99 (FRE 9.308) as the “Officer Gonzalo Carrasco Jr., Memorial Highway”
04/28/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 54, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the portion of US 395, from Rock Creek Road (MNO R10.264) to the South Landing Overcrossing № 47-0048 (MNO R13.931), in the County of Mono as the “Captain Vidar Anderson Memorial Highway”.
08/10/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 156, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the portion of Route 99 from the East Hammer Lane overpass (SJ 22.922) to the Armstrong Road overpass (SJ 27.504), in the County of San Joaquin, as the “San Joaquin County Deputy Sheriff Dighton Little Memorial Highway”.
06/26/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 133, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the portion of Route 120 from N Ripon Road (SJ 9.82) to S Van Allen Road (SJ 13.83), in the County of San Joaquin as the “San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Deputies Floyd and Michael Coleman Memorial Highway”.
06/26/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 134, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the portion of Route 99 from Cottonwood Creek BB № 12-0206 (BUT 15.374) [actually, Bridge № 12-0120 (BUT 15.41)] to Dry Creek Bridge № 12-0123 (BUT 20.598) [actually, Bridge № 12-0196 (BUT 20.60)], in the County of Butte as the “Congressman Doug LaMalfa Memorial Highway”.
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08/25/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 208, Statutes of 2026.
Designate the Deer Springs Road Overcrossing № 57-0891, at postmile R36.636 on Route 15 in the County of San Diego as “The United States Navy Sailor Noah Tobin Memorial Overcrossing”.
06/30/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 140, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the portion of Route 18 in the County of San Bernardino from the junction with Route 210, at postmile SBD T6.179, to the Old Waterman Canyon Road, at postmile SBD 9.150, as the “Huuc Atam Highway”.
08/27/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 213, Statutes of 2026.
Existing law provides that a gift certificate, sold after January 1, 1997, is redeemable in cash or subject to replacement with a new gift certificate except that a gift certificate with a cash value of less than $10 is redeemable in cash for its cash value. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines “gift certificate” to include gift cards.
This bill would, instead, make a gift certificate with a cash value of less than $15 redeemable in cash for its cash value, exempt from that redemption provision certain gift certificates that are donated to a nonprofit or a charitable organization, as provided, and make these provisions operative on April 1, 2026. The bill would expand the definition of “gift certificate” to include electronic gift cards. The bill would also make conforming changes.
10/01/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 207, Statutes of 2025.
Existing law provides various provisions applicable to all public transit and transit districts and includes specific requirements applicable to public entities that operate commuter rail or rail transit systems.
This bill would prohibit a public entity that owns diesel-powered on-track equipment from selling, donating, or otherwise transferring ownership of that equipment for continued use after the public entity decommissions the equipment. The bill would exempt the sale, donation, or transfer of the ownership of that equipment from the prohibition if the equipment is deemed to be in one of specified categories of emissions standards designated by the federal government for locomotives, the equipment produces emissions equivalent to any equipment within any of those federal categories, or the diesel engine is removed from the equipment, as specified.
10/13/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 735, Statutes of 2025.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests it with full possession and control of the state highway system.
This bill would require the department to prepare a report evaluating current efforts and potential opportunities to streamline the processes and procedures for the delivery of safety enhancement projects on the state highway system, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit the report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2027.
10/13/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 743, Statutes of 2025.
(1) Existing law establishes the Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority for purposes of planning, developing, and delivering cost-effective and responsive transit connectivity between the Bay Area Rapid Transit District’s rapid transit system and the Altamont Corridor Express commuter rail service in the Tri-Valley that meets the goals and objectives of the community, as specified. Existing law requires the authority’s governing board to be composed of 15 representatives.
The bill would replace the Mountain House Community Services District with the City of Mountain House on the authority’s governing board.
(2) Existing law, the Treasure Island Transportation Management Act, authorizes the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to designate a board or agency to act as the transportation management agency for Treasure Island, defined to also include Yerba Buena Island. Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, by a 2/3 majority vote of both bodies, to adopt a program of imposing congestion pricing fees for motor vehicles exiting and entering Treasure Island and an initial congestion pricing fee structure, as specified. Existing law requires that, once adopted, the congestion pricing program may only be terminated by the recommendation of both the Treasure Island Development Authority and the Treasure Island Mobility Management Agency followed by a 2/3 majority vote of both the board of supervisors and the transportation authority. Prior to imposing the initial congestion pricing fees, existing law requires the board of supervisors and transportation authority to each make a finding of fact by a 2/3 majority vote that the congestion pricing fees have a relationship or benefit to the motor vehicle drivers who are paying the fee.
This bill would delete references to the San Francisco County Transportation Authority from the provisions described above, thereby removing those duties from the transportation authority. The bill would also make conforming changes.
(3) Existing law requires that each application for an original or a renewal of a driver’s license contain certain information, including the applicant’s true full name, age, mailing address, and gender. Existing law also provides that if a driver’s license is lost, destroyed, or mutilated, or if a new true full name is acquired, the person to whom the driver’s license was issued shall obtain a duplicate if the person provides satisfactory proof of the loss, destruction, or mutilation. A violation of these provisions is an infraction.
This bill would authorize a person who submits a change of address, as specified, to apply for a duplicate driver’s license. The bill would require the applicant who receives a duplicate through this process to immediately destroy the license containing the prior mailing address. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(4) Existing law generally prohibits any person from driving any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied in or upon the vehicle that obstructs or reduces the driver’s clear view through the windshield or side windows. Existing law provides exceptions to this prohibition, including, among other things, a video event recorder in a commercial motor vehicle with the capability of monitoring driver performance to improve driver safety, as specified.
This bill would revise the above-described exception to instead apply to vehicle safety technology, as defined, installed on specified vehicles, including, among others, motortrucks of 3 or more axles that are more than 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, that are otherwise in compliance with federal regulations, as specified.
(5) Existing law requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to adopt reasonable rules and regulations that, in the judgment of the department, are designed to promote the safe operation of vehicles, including hours-of-service regulations for drivers of those vehicles that are consistent with specified federal hours-of-service regulations applicable to motor carriers. Existing law establishes exceptions to these regulations for vehicles engaged in intrastate commerce that are not transporting hazardous substances or hazardous waste, including a driver of a truck or truck tractor, except for a driver of a tank vehicle with a capacity of more than 500 gallons transporting flammable liquid, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department to create an exception for a driver, by regulation, of a tank vehicle with a capacity of more than 500 gallons to exceed the maximum driving time, provided that those regulations are consistent with federal laws and regulations, during a state of emergency declared by the Governor and for the purpose of refueling aircraft used in emergency-related activities.
This bill would remove the requirement that this exception be consistent with federal laws and regulations and would remove the requirement that the exception be limited to the driver of a tank vehicle with a capacity of more than 500 gallons. The bill would also make certain technical, nonsubstantive changes.
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.
10/06/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 417, Statutes of 2025.
Existing law establishes the State Transportation Infrastructure Climate Adaptation Program, administered by the Department of Transportation, for purposes of planning, developing, and implementing projects adapting state transportation infrastructure to climate change. Existing law requires the department, in consultation with, among others, the Transportation Agency and the California Transportation Commission, to develop a program of its top priority climate adaptation projects and to submit projects in this program to the commission for adoption. Existing law requires the department, in developing the program of projects, to consider specified criteria, including, but not limited to, the benefits of the project to preserving or enhancing regional or statewide mobility, economy, goods movement, and safety, and other benefits associated with protecting the asset.
This bill would require the department, in consultation with the commission and the agency, and on or before July 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, to create a prioritized list of projects of statewide and regional significance, as defined, to better prepare the state for extreme weather-related events, with priority based on specified criteria. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2027, and annually thereafter, to submit to the Legislature a report containing the prioritized list of projects.
10/13/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 781, Statutes of 2025.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to install screening on state freeway overpasses to prevent objects from being dropped or thrown upon vehicles passing underneath, as provided..
This bill would require, beginning on or before July 1, 2028, the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and in collaboration with impacted local governments, to incorporate suicide deterrent considerations in the updates of applicable guidance documents, as provided.
10/06/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 427, Statutes of 2025.
Existing law, the California Retail Food Code, establishes uniform health and sanitation standards for, and provides for regulation by the State Department of Public Health of, retail food facilities, and requires local health agencies to enforce those provisions. Existing law makes a person who violates a provision of the code guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law requires certain food facilities to provide written notification of the major food allergens that the food facility knows or reasonably should know are contained as an ingredient in each menu item, either directly on its menu or in a digital format, as specified.
This bill, on or before January 1, 2029, would require a chain restaurant offering a standard menu beverage item with high added sugar content, as defined, to display on its menus an added sugar icon immediately adjacent to each standard menu beverage item with high added sugar content, as specified. The bill would require a chain restaurant to display a clear and conspicuous warning explaining the added sugar icon. The bill would require a chain restaurant to display the information directly on its drive-through menus and, additionally, either on its physical menus or in a digital format, as specified. By expanding the scope of an existing crime and by imposing new duties on local health officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
09/28/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 723, Statutes of 2026.
Existing law generally requires county elections officials to divide the county into precincts and designate a polling place for each precinct. As an alternative, a county elections official may conduct any election using vote centers instead of polling places. Existing law requires counties to provide ballot dropoff locations that are open beginning at least 28 days before the election. Under existing law, a vote by mail ballot is timely cast if it is postmarked on or before election day and received in the mail by the voter’s elections official no later than 7 days after election day. Existing law prohibits and makes it a misdemeanor to engage in specified electioneering activities within 100 feet of a polling place, elections official’s office, satellite location, or an outdoor site at which a voter may cast or drop off a ballot.
This bill, for any regular or special election, beginning with the November 3, 2026, statewide general election, held in 2026 through 2029, inclusive, or proclaimed in 2029, would do the following: (1) require all ballot dropoff locations to be open beginning at least 30 days before the election; (2) prohibit law enforcement officers from making arrests within 200 feet of a polling place on election day, except for a crime related to disrupting the operation of the polling place or a crime against a person or property; (3) authorize a county board of supervisors to extend the prohibition on electioneering activities to up to 200 feet of the specified voting locations; (4) require law enforcement officers to notify the Secretary of State and Attorney General of a suspected, planned, or actual violation of the prohibitions on arrests or electioneering activities near polling places; (5) authorize the state and local governments to place reasonable restrictions on polling places located on their property; and (6) authorize a county elections official to extend the time for closing the polls at any polling place if the county elections official determines that voting at the polling place was disrupted as a result of a violation of the prohibitions on arrests or electioneering activities near polling places.
By increasing the duties of county elections officials, and by expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
09/19/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 340, Statutes of 2026.
Existing law prohibits a local agency from imposing a tax, permit fee, or other charge for the privilege of using its streets or highways, other than a permit fee for an extralegal load unless the local agency had imposed the fee prior to June 1, 1989.
This bill would explicitly state that a fee, charge, surcharge, or component thereof imposed upon the provider of, or ratepayer for, public services by or for a local agency to recover the cost of street maintenance and repair and other costs associated with the use of its streets, roads, or highways to provide those public services is not a tax, permit fee, or other charge that is prohibited by the provision described above. The bill would provide that nothing in the Vehicle Code prohibits a local agency from imposing or collecting this fee, charge, or surcharge. The bill would delete obsolete references and make other technical changes. The bill would make various findings and declarations.
08/27/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 148, Statutes of 2026.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules and regulations that allow the placement, near exits on freeways in rural areas, of information signs identifying specific roadside businesses. Existing law generally prohibits the placement of a sign within an urban area with a population of 5,000 or more, with certain exceptions.
This bill, until January 1, 2037, would require the department to allow the placement of information signs along southbound State Route 395 just before the State Route 178 eastbound exit and along northbound State Route 395 just before the South China Lake Boulevard northbound exit, as provided.
09/14/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 226, Statutes of 2026.
(1) Existing law requires certain transportation planning agencies to prepare and adopt regional transportation plans directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation system. Existing law requires a regional transportation plan to include a policy element, a sustainable communities strategy prepared by a metropolitan planning organization, an action element, and a financial element, as provided. Existing law requires those transportation planning agencies to adopt and submit every 4 years, except as provided, an updated regional transportation plan to the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation.
Existing law requires a sustainable communities strategy to achieve regional targets set by the State Air Resources Board for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the automobile and light truck sector in the region for 2020 and 2035, respectively, and requires the state board to update those targets every 8 years, consistent with each metropolitan planning organization’s timeframe for updating its regional transportation plan, as specified. Existing law establishes certain procedural requirements for setting and updating those targets and authorizes the state board to revise the targets every 4 years based on changes in specified factors. Existing law, to the extent the sustainable communities strategy is unable to achieve the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, requires a metropolitan planning organization to prepare an alternative planning strategy to the sustainable communities strategy showing how the targets would be achieved through alternative development patterns, infrastructure, or additional transportation measures or policies. Existing law requires the state board to review each metropolitan planning organization’s sustainable communities strategy and alternative planning strategy to determine whether the strategy, if implemented, would achieve the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
This bill would revise and recast the requirements for a sustainable communities strategy, including, among other things, (A) requiring a sustainable communities strategy every 8 years with a progress report after 4 years instead of requiring a sustainable communities strategy every 4 years, (B) requiring the state board to provide each region with greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for 2035 and 2045, and (C) requiring the state board to hold technical workshops before providing those targets. The bill would also revise the state board’s process for reviewing sustainable communities strategies and alternative planning strategies, as specified.
Because the bill would expand duties of local agencies, it would impose a state-mandated local program.
(2) Existing law requires, commencing January 1, 2020, the San Diego Association of Governments to begin developing an implementation report that tracks the implementation of its most recently adopted sustainable communities strategy, as provided. Existing law requires the Sacramento Area Council of Governments to report on the regional implementation of its most recently adopted sustainable communities strategy, as provided.
This bill would repeal those provisions.
(3) Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare the California Transportation Plan for submission to the Governor and the Legislature as a long-range planning document that incorporates various elements and is consistent with specified expressions of legislative intent. Existing law requires the plan to identify the statewide integrated multimodal transportation system needed to achieve statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and to attain state and national air quality standards.
This bill would also require the plan to, among other things, incorporate performance measures into planning that informs delivery of transportation capital projects to help achieve the goals of the plan. The bill would, commencing with the 3rd update to the plan, revise the information that the department is required to include in the plan to include, among others, relevant performance measures within each district of the department.
(4) Existing law requires certain funds appropriated by the Legislature from the Public Transportation Account to be made available for specified purposes, including, among other purposes, for the department’s planning activities, mass transportation responsibilities, and assistance in regional transportation planning, as specified.
This bill, for any activities within the region of a metropolitan planning organization, would require the department to limit funding to activities that are consistent with an applicable sustainable communities strategy or alternative planning strategy, as specified.
(5) Existing law creates the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program to address deferred maintenance on the state highway system and the local street and road system. Existing law provides for the deposit of various moneys for the program into the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account. Existing law requires funds in the account to be allocated for various purposes, including, among others, $25,000,000, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for local planning grants to encourage local and regional planning that furthers state goals, as provided. Existing law requires the department to develop a grant guide for the allocation of these grants.
This bill, for areas within a metropolitan planning organization, would require the grant guide to encourage planning that furthers the goals of a sustainable communities strategy or alternative planning strategy.
(6) Existing law requires the commission, under a program commonly known as the Trade Corridor Enhancement Program, to allocate certain state and federal funds to infrastructure projects located on or along specified transportation corridors. Existing law establishes the Solutions for Congested Corridors Program and requires the commission to allocate state funds made available to the program to projects designed to achieve a balanced set of transportation, environmental, and community access improvements within highly congested travel corridors throughout the state. Under both programs, existing law requires projects within the boundaries of a metropolitan planning organization to be included in an adopted regional transportation plan that includes a sustainable communities strategy determined by the state board to achieve the region’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
For purposes of those programs, this bill would instead require, if the metropolitan planning organization has adopted an alternative planning strategy, the projects to meet prescribed requirements, including that the predominant purpose of the project is to implement a specific greenhouse gas emission reduction strategy or addresses an impediment to achieving an applicable greenhouse gas emission reduction target identified in the alternative planning strategy.
(7) Existing law requires funding to be available under the Solutions for Congested Corridors Program for projects that make specific performance improvements and are part of a comprehensive corridor plan designed to reduce congestion in highly traveled corridors. Existing law authorizes the department and certain regional transportation planning agencies to nominate projects for funding through the program.
This bill would require funding to be available under the program for projects that, among other things, make specific performance improvements and support the implementation of a regional transportation plan. The bill would revise the requirements applicable to a project nomination under the program. The bill would require the commission to allocate program funds to projects that, among other things, are included in an adopted regional transportation plan, as specified.
(8) 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
09/30/26 Approved by the Governor.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) with full possession and control of the state highway system and requires Caltrans to improve and maintain the state highways. Existing law requires Caltrans, in consultation with the California Transportation Commission, to prepare a robust asset management plan to guide selection of projects for the state highway operation and protection program (SHOPP).
This bill would require the department, in connection with each revision of the asset management plan, to prepare and publish a supplemental list of wildlife connectivity improvements on the state highway system, as specified, and would require the department to submit the supplemental list to the commission for review and comments before the final list is published.
Existing law declares the intent of the Legislature that Caltrans review the full extent of the state highway system, as currently maintained, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and with opportunities for the public to provide data input for consideration, to develop a comprehensive approach to address wildlife connectivity needs throughout the state with the goal of implementing measures that protect, conserve, and improve the state’s unique wildlife, landscapes, and natural resources.
This bill would explicitly require Caltrans to undertake this duty, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and with opportunities for the public to provide data and input for consideration, as specified.
Existing law requires Caltrans, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and other appropriate agencies, to establish an inventory of connectivity needs on the state highway system where the implementation of wildlife passage features could reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions or enhance wildlife connectivity, and to update the inventory on a biennial basis, as specified.
This bill would instead require Caltrans, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife and other appropriate agencies, to assess potential barriers to wildlife to establish an inventory of connectivity needs on the state highway system where the implementation of wildlife passage features could reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions or enhance wildlife connectivity. The bill would require the biennial update to the inventory to be based on an analysis of transportation assets within priority route segments identified by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. The bill would require Caltrans to consult with the Department of Fish and Wildlife on the development of each update to the inventory, as prescribed.
Existing law requires Caltrans to prepare a State Highway System Management Plan (SHSMP), which includes a 10-year rehabilitation plan for the rehabilitation or reconstruction by the SHOPP of all state highways and bridges, and a 5-year maintenance plan that addresses the maintenance needs of the state highway system, as provided. Existing law requires the SHSMP to include specific quantifiable accomplishments, goals, objectives, costs, and performance measures consistent with the asset management plan described above. Existing law requires the SHSMP to be updated every 2 years.
This bill would require Caltrans to include wildlife connectivity as an objective in the SHSMP.
09/29/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State.
Chapter 821, Statutes of 2026. (per Dave Cortese)
Existing law provides for the operation of various programs and services.
This bill would define “industrial city” for purposes of state programs, policies, and funding formulas that expressly incorporate the definition.
09/14/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 231, Statutes of 2026.
Designates overcrossing № 20 0297 on US 101 at Airport Boulevard (SON 26.356) in the County of Sonoma as the “Detective Sergeant Ed Wilkinson, Deputy Sheriff Brent Jameson, and Deputy Sheriff Bliss Magly Memorial Overcrossing”.
09/03/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 163, Statutes of 2025.
Designates the interchange on US 101 at Indianola Cutoff Undercrossing Bridge № 04-0314 (~ HUM 82.70) in the County of Humboldt, as the “Brad Mettam Memorial Interchange”.
07/25/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 155, Statutes of 2025.
Rescinds the designation in honor of Colonel Charles Young made by ACR 142 (Resolution Chapter 143 of the Statutes of 2018) designating a specified portion of Route 198 as the “Colonel Charles Young Memorial Highway” and redesignates the portion of Route 198, extending from the Salt Creek Road (TUL 41.226) to the end at Sequoia National Park (~ TUL 44.163) in the County of Tulare, as the “Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Highway”.
09/03/25 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 164, Statutes of 2025.
Designates the portion of Route 91 from the junction with Route 90 at postmile R12.078 to west of Weir Canyon Road at postmile R14.108L, in the County of Orange, as the “Deputy David Piquette Memorial Highway”.
08/18/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 179, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the Butte City Bridge on Route 162 at the Sacramento River, Bridge № 11-0100 at GLE 76.660 [this is the new Butte City Bridge; the old bridge, which is is replacing, was № 11-0017, PM GLE 76.70], in the County of Glenn, as the “John Hughes Memorial Bridge”.
07/16/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 150, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the portion of Route 20 from Acacia Avenue (SUT 9.176) to Humphrey Road (SUT 10.672), in the County of Sutter, as the “Gordon Lee Bordsen Memorial Highway”.
07/16/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 151, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the portion of Route 152 in the County of Santa Clara, from Cedar Creek Bridge № 37-0030R/L (SCL R28.163) to Sidehill Viaduct Bridge № 37-0398 (SCL 31.656) [Note: There is no Sidehill Viaduct Bridge № 37-0398, however, there is a PM at 04-SCL-152 31.656] as the “Rusty Areias Highway”.
08/24/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 196, Statutes of 2026.
Designates the interchange at Route 52 (11-SD-52 3.761) and I-805 (11-SD-805 23.57), in the County of San Diego, as the “Officer Kirk Leland Johnson Memorial Interchange”.
07/16/26 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 154, Statutes of 2026.
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. Often these are the unpassed bill from the first year of a two-year legislative session.
Existing law generally prohibits law enforcement from providing information regarding the release date of an individual from custody or from transferring an individual to immigration authorities without a warrant or judicial probable cause determination.
This bill, the California Secure Borders Act of 2025, would state the intent of the Legislature to combat illegal immigration and secure the border by repealing those provisions, prohibiting the use of state funds for various welfare, health, housing, and other services for undocumented immigrants, requiring public disclosure of information on the impact of illegal immigration on crime rates and state and local services, providing cross-deputization training for local law enforcement to support federal border security actions, and providing standards for deployment of the State Guard to the border.
02/02/26 Died at Desk.
(1) Under the California Constitution, a person may vote if the person is a United States citizen, at least 18 years of age, and a resident in the state. Existing law authorizes a person to prove citizenship for voting purposes by certification under penalty of perjury on the person’s affidavit of voter registration.
This bill would repeal the authorization for a person to prove citizenship by certification and would instead require a person to provide appropriate documentation of citizenship with the affidavit of registration. The bill would prohibit an elections official from registering to vote a person who does not provide appropriate documentation of citizenship or a person whose citizenship cannot be verified based on the documentation provided. The bill would require an elections official to verify the citizenship of voters registered to vote in the county as of January 1, 2026, and would authorize the elections official to require a person to provide documentation of citizenship for that purpose. By increasing the duties of county elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would require the State Auditor to periodically review a random sample of a county’s roster of voters to identify persons listed on the roster who are not qualified electors in that county.
(2) Existing law prohibits a local government from enacting or enforcing any charter provision, ordinance, or regulation requiring a person to present identification for the purpose of voting.
This bill would repeal that prohibition. The bill would instead require a person desiring to vote at a polling place to present a valid government-issued form of identification to a precinct board member before the person may vote. The bill would require a person voting a vote by mail ballot to include on the ballot identification envelope the last 4 digits of the voter’s valid government-issued form of identification. The bill would require an elections official, before processing and counting a vote by mail ballot, to confirm that the last 4 digits of the voter’s form of identification listed on the identification envelope match the voter’s form of identification listed on the voter’s affidavit of registration. By increasing the duties of county elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(3) Existing law requires an elections official, upon receiving a vote by mail ballot, to compare the signature on the ballot identification envelope with the signature appearing on specified voter registration records to determine if the signatures compare, as provided. If the elections official determines that the signatures do not match, or if the envelope does not contain a signature, existing law requires the elections official, no later than 8 days before the certification of the election, to mail a notice to the voter of the opportunity to verify the voter’s signature or provide a signature, as applicable.
This bill would require the State Auditor to audit elections officials by reviewing random samples of signature comparisons to determine whether the signature comparisons comply with the applicable requirements. The bill would require the State Auditor to report the audit findings no later than 90 days after each election. The bill would require an elections official, if the State Auditor determines that the elections official has a signature comparison error rate of 5% or greater, to prepare a remediation plan and submit it to the Secretary of State.
(4) Existing law requires the official canvass of all ballots received in an election to commence no later than the Thursday following the election and to continue daily, except on weekends and holidays, for not less than 6 hours each day until completed. Existing law requires elections officials to prepare a certified statement of the results of the election and submit that certified statement to the governing body of the jurisdiction within 30 days of the election.
This bill would require an elections official to count all ballots, except provisional ballots and vote by mail ballots for which a voter has the opportunity either to verify or provide a signature, by no later than 72 hours after the election. By increasing the duties of county elections officials, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(5) Existing law requires an elections official, no later than 29 days before the day of each election, to begin mailing a vote by mail ballot to every registered voter.
If the State Auditor determines that fewer than 98% of the persons listed on a county’s roster of voters are qualified electors in that county or if an elections official fails to count all ballots, except provisional ballots and vote by mail ballots for which a voter has the opportunity either to verify or provide a signature, by no later than 72 hours after the election, this bill would prohibit the elections official from mailing a vote by mail ballot to every registered voter in the next statewide election. The bill would authorize a voter to apply for a vote by mail ballot in an election subject to that prohibition.
(6) 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
04/09/25 From committee: Without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
The Political Reform Act of 1974 establishes the Fair Political Practices Commission and imposes various restrictions on public officials for the purpose of avoiding conflicts of interests.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that holds elected officials accountable by prohibiting Members of the Legislature from accepting gifts or trading in individual stock, imposing a lifetime lobbying ban, eliminating exemptions for the Legislature from labor, workplace, and public record laws, and eliminating government pensions for local elected officials.
02/02/26 Died at Desk.
Existing law sets forth provisions, under the California Constitution, regarding the fundamental right to choose to have an abortion. Existing law, the Reproductive Privacy Act, prohibits the state from denying or interfering with a pregnant person’s right to choose or obtain an abortion prior to viability of the fetus, or when the abortion is necessary to protect the life or health of the pregnant person.
This bill, the Access to Safe Abortion Care Act, would make legislative findings about medication abortion, with a focus on use of the drugs mifepristone and misoprostol. Under the bill, the Legislature would reaffirm that it has been, and would continue to be, lawful to cause the delivery of, or mail, ship, take, receive, or otherwise transport, any drug, medicine, or instrument that can be designed or adapted to produce an abortion that is lawful in the State of California.
The bill would set forth provisions regarding the lack of civil or criminal liability, or professional disciplinary action, for accessing or administering brand name or generic mifepristone any drug used for medication abortion that is lawful under the laws of the state, on or after January 1, 2020, with this provision applied retroactively, as specified.
The bill would make its provisions severable.
09/10/25 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Umberg.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District and all known entities planning to implement a toll facility, to develop and adopt functional specifications and standards for an automatic vehicle identification system in compliance with specified objectives, and generally requires any automatic vehicle identification system purchased or installed after January 1, 1991, to comply with those specifications and standards. Existing law authorizes operators of toll facilities on federal-aid highways engaged in an interoperability program to provide, regarding a vehicle’s use of the toll facility, only the license plate number, transponder identification number, date and time of the transaction, and identity of the agency operating the toll facility.
This bill would instead authorize an operator of a toll facility on federal-aid highways engaged in an interstate interoperability program to provide to an out-of-state toll agency or interstate interoperability tolling hub only the information regarding a vehicle’s use of the toll facility that is license plate data, transponder data, or transaction data, and that is listed as “required” by specified national interoperability specifications. If the operator needs to collect other types of information to implement interstate interoperability, the bill would prohibit the operator from selling or otherwise providing that information to any other person or entity, as specified. If the operator transmits those other types of information to an out-of-state toll agency or any interstate interoperability tolling hub, the bill would subject the operator to an action by the affected person for no less than $2,500 per violation, as specified. The bill would require a transportation agency that participates in interstate interoperability to post those national interoperability specifications data types on their internet website. The bill would repeal these provisions relating to an interstate interoperability program.
09/13/25 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Grayson.
The Otay Mesa East Toll Facility Act authorizes the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) to carry out a construction project for the State Highway Route 11 corridor, including, among other things, highway improvements and international border crossing facilities, to be operated as a toll facility. Existing law authorizes SANDAG to fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect tolls and other charges only for entrance to or the use of the corridor, as provided. Existing law authorizes SANDAG to use specified alternative project delivery methods under certain conditions. Existing law requires toll revenues to be used for specified costs, as provided. Existing law defines “project” for purposes of the act to include facilities, whether or not now in existence, acquired or constructed to facilitate the movement of goods and people along the corridor or at the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry.
This bill would revise and recast the act by, among other things, (1) revising the definition of “project” for purposes of the act to include facilities, whether or not now in existence, acquired or constructed to facilitate the movement of goods and people adjacent to the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry or to facilitate the generation of revenue for, or related to, the Otay Mesa East Port of Entry, (2) authorizing public-private partnerships, as specified, as an alternative project delivery method, (3) authorizing SANDAG to also impose tolls and other charges for the use of a project or property covered by the act, and (4) adding payments to a private partner under a public-private partnership agreement to the categories of costs for which toll revenues are used under the act, as provided. The bill would also make conforming changes.
02/02/26 From committee: Filed with the Chief
Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
01/31/26 Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
Existing law establishes the state flag and the state’s
emblems, including, among other things, the golden poppy as the
official state flower and the California redwood as the official state
tree.
This bill would designate establish Bigfoot as the official state
cryptid. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
02/02/26 From committee: Filed with the Chief
Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
01/31/26 Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
Existing law establishes the Office of Information Security within the Department of Technology for the purpose of ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of state systems and applications and to promote and protect privacy as part of the development and operations of state systems and applications to ensure the trust of the residents of this state. Existing law requires specified state entities to implement the policies and procedures issued by the office. Existing law additionally authorizes the office to conduct, or require to be conducted, an independent security assessment of every state agency, department, or office, as specified. Existing law requires every state agency, as specified, to certify, by February 1 annually, to the office that the agency is in compliance with all adopted policies, standards, and procedures and to include a plan of action and milestones, as specified.
This bill would require every state agency, as specified, and subject to specified exceptions, to implement Zero Trust architecture for all data, hardware, software, internal systems, and essential third-party software, including for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, to achieve prescribed levels of maturity based on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Maturity Model, as defined, by specified dates. In implementing Zero Trust architecture, the bill would require state agencies to prioritize the use of solutions that comply with, are authorized by, or align to federal guidelines, programs, and frameworks and, at a minimum, prioritize multifactor authentication for access to all systems and data, enterprise endpoint detection and response solutions, and robust logging practices, as specified. The bill would require the office’s chief to develop or revise uniform technology policies, standards, and procedures for use by all state agencies in Zero Trust architecture to achieve specified maturity levels on all systems in the State Administrative Manual and Statewide Information Management Manual. The bill would require the chief to update requirements for existing annual reporting activities to collect information relating to the progress state agencies are making to increase internal defenses of agency systems. The bill would authorize the chief to update existing annual reporting activities to include how a state agency is progressing with respect to specified goals. The bill would also state the Legislature’s intent that the bill’s provisions be implemented in a manner consistent with the state’s timely compliance with requirements that are conditions to receipt of federal funds. The bill would also make related legislative findings and declarations.
08/29/25 In committee: Held under submission.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and requires the department to improve and maintain the state highways.
This bill would establish the Quick-Build Pilot Program to expedite development and implementation of low-cost improvements on the state highway system, as specified. The bill would require the department, on or before December 31, 2027, to develop and publish guidance for the deployment of district quick-build improvements. The bill would require the department, on or before December 31, 2028, to identify and commit to funding a minimum of 6 quick-build improvements statewide.
08/29/25 In committee: Held under submission.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation (Caltrans), for any project on the state highway system in a connectivity area that adds a traffic lane or that has the potential to significantly impair wildlife connectivity, to perform an assessment, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW), to identify potential wildlife connectivity barriers and any needs for improved permeability, as specified. Existing law requires the implementing agency to remediate barriers to wildlife connectivity in conjunction with the project if any structural barrier to wildlife connectivity exists or will be added by the project for target species in the connectivity area, as provided. Existing law authorizes Caltrans to use compensatory mitigation credits to satisfy this requirement if DFW concurs with the use of those credits.
This bill would require a lead agency to incorporate appropriate wildlife passage features into a transportation infrastructure project in a connectivity area, as specified. By requiring a lead agency to expand the scope of its transportation project, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would exempt a project on the state highway system from this requirement if Caltrans is the lead agency. The bill would authorize a lead agency to use compensatory mitigation credits to satisfy this requirement, as specified.
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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
08/29/25 In committee: Held under submission.
Existing law establishes the state transportation improvement program (STIP) process, pursuant to which the California Transportation Commission programs, on a biennial basis, available state and federal funds for transportation capital improvement projects, other than state highway rehabilitation and repair projects, for the 5-year period of the STIP, based on the interregional transportation improvement program (ITIP) prepared by the Department of Transportation and the regional transportation improvement programs (RTIP) prepared by regional transportation planning agencies. Existing law requires projects included in the ITIP to be consistent with the interregional transportation strategic plan (ITSP). Existing law requires the department to submit the ITSP to the commission for approval and requires the ITSP, among other things, to be directed at achieving a high functioning and balanced interregional transportation system and consistent with the California Transportation Plan.
This bill would require, to the extent feasible and consistent with the California Transportation Plan, the department to assess incorporating bicycle highways into strategic interregional corridors within the ITSP.
08/29/25 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Menjivar.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue or renew environmental license plates to provide revenue for the California Environmental License Plate Fund that indicate on the plates the combination of letters or numbers, or both, requested as a registration number by the applicant, to be displayed on the applicant’s vehicle in lieu of regular license plates. Existing law imposes fees for the issuance or renewal of an environmental license plate, in addition to the regular registration and renewal fees. Existing law also establishes procedures for the cancellation, transfer, or retention of the environmental license plates and requires the payment or reimbursement of additional fees in connection with those transactions, as specified.
This bill would establish a similar program, to be known as the “8-letter license plate” program, for the support of the Natural and Agricultural Open Space and State Recreational Support Fund, which would be created by the bill. The bill would impose additional fees, including, but not limited to, fees for the issuance and renewal of an 8-letter license plate, as specified. The bill would require all revenue derived from the fees to be deposited in the fund and would continuously appropriate those moneys for specified purposes that include, among other things, subventions for open-space land programs, assistance to California fairs, and support of programs administered by the Department of Parks and Recreation.
02/02/26 From committee: Filed with the Chief
Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
01/31/26 Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and the California Transportation Commission, and vests with the department the obligation to improve and maintain state highways, including all traversable highways that have been adopted or designated as state highways by the commission.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to this provision.
02/02/26 Died at Desk.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. Existing law generally requires proceeds from the sale of excess state highway property to be made available for other highway purposes. Existing law generally requires the California Transportation Commission to program available funding for transportation capital projects, other than state highway rehabilitation projects, through the State Transportation Improvement Program process, with available funds subject to various fair share distribution formulas. Existing law, in certain cases, requires the commission to instead reallocate funds from canceled state highway projects to a local alternative transportation improvement program within the same county and exempts those funds from the fair share distribution formulas that would otherwise apply.
This bill, with respect to planned state transportation facilities over the Feather River in the City of Yuba City and the Counties of Sutter and Yuba, which facilities are no longer planned to be constructed, would authorize the affected local agencies, acting jointly with the transportation planning agency having jurisdiction, to develop and file with the commission a local alternative transportation improvement program that addresses transportation problems and opportunities in the area that was to be served by the planned state facilities. The bill would require all proceeds from the sale of excess properties acquired by the department for the canceled state facilities, less any reimbursements due to the federal government and costs incurred in the sale of those excess properties, to be allocated by the commission to fund regional priorities.
02/02/26 From committee: Filed with the Chief
Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
01/31/26 Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to improve and maintain the state’s highways, and establishes various programs to fund the development, construction, and repair of local roads, bridges, and other critical transportation infrastructure in the state.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to improve safety on the roads in the state.
02/02/26 Died at Desk.
The California Constitution requires any change in state statute that increases the tax liability of any taxpayer to be imposed by an act passed by ⅔ of the membership of each house of the Legislature, and prohibits specified taxes on real property from being so imposed. For these purposes, the California Constitution defines a “tax” as any state levy, charge, or exaction, except as described in certain exceptions. The California Constitution describes one of those exceptions as a charge imposed for entrance to or use of state property, or the purchase, rental, or lease of state property, except charges governed by a specified provision of the California Constitution.
This measure, on or after its effective date, would provide that the exception described above does not include a road usage charge, as described, thereby requiring the imposition of this type of charge to be subject to the ⅔ vote requirement.
The California Constitution conditions the imposition of a general tax by a local government upon the approval of a majority of its voters voting on the tax, and conditions the imposition of a special tax by a local government upon the approval of ⅔ of the voters voting on the tax. The California Constitution defines a “tax” for these purposes as any local government levy, charge, or exaction, except as described in certain exceptions, and includes as one of those exceptions a charge imposed for entrance to or use of local government property. The California Constitution defines “special tax” to mean any tax imposed for specific purposes.
This measure, on or after its effective date, would provide that the exception described above does not include a road usage charge, as provided. The measure would also restrict to specific purposes the use of revenues derived from a road usage charge, described below, thereby subjecting the local imposition of this type of charge to the 2/3 local voter approval requirements.
This measure would require that any road usage charge be imposed at a uniform rate, and not vary based on any factor. The measure would prohibit the Legislature from imposing both a road usage charge, and either a motor vehicle fuel tax or a tax on the sale, storage, use, or other consumption in this state of motor vehicle fuels that are used in vehicles subject to a road usage charge. The measure would require all revenues derived from a road usage charge imposed at both the state and local level be used solely for transportation purposes, as defined.
The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to impose a motor vehicle fuel tax, and directs the revenues of that tax, or any alternative source of revenue to replace the revenue derived from that tax, to be deposited in the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund. The California Constitution also directs the revenues from a tax on the sale, storage, use, or other consumption in this state of motor vehicle fuels, or any alternative source of revenue to replace the revenue derived from that tax, to be deposited in the Transportation Investment Fund.
The measure would specify that road usage charges are not subject to the above requirements.
03/27/25 From printer. May be heard in committee April 26.
The California Constitution vests the legislative power of the State in the California Legislature, which consists of the Senate and Assembly. Under the California Constitution, a bill may not be passed unless, by rollcall vote entered in the journal, a majority of the membership of each house concurs, except for certain bills that require a higher threshold vote. The California Constitution requires a bill passed by the Legislature to be presented to the Governor and provides that the bill becomes a statute if it is signed by the Governor or if it is in the possession of the Governor and is not returned to the house of origin within a specified number of days.
The California Constitution creates the California Citizens Compensation Commission and requires the commission to establish the annual salary and other benefits of state officers, including the Governor and the Members of the Legislature.
Under this measure, a Member of the Legislature who voted in favor of a law that is enacted and that is held unconstitutional by a final ruling of a federal court would have their salary reduced by 25% for one year or until the Member leaves that office, whichever is shorter. The measure would require the Member to have their salary reduced by 25% for each law they voted in favor of that was held unconstitutional, not to exceed the amount of the Member’s salary. The measure would also require a Governor who signs a law that is held unconstitutional by a final ruling of a federal court to forfeit their salary for one year or until they leave office, whichever is shorter. The measure would require the Governor to forfeit their salary for one year for each law held unconstitutional, not to exceed the number of years the Governor continues to hold that office.
02/03/25 Died at Desk.
Existing state law, Proposition 7, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 6, 2018, statewide general election, sets the standard time for California and sets daylight saving time to begin each March and end each November, as specified. Proposition 7 authorizes the Legislature to amend these provisions by a ⅔ vote to change the dates and times of the daylight saving time period, consistent with federal law, and authorizes the Legislature to amend these provisions by a ⅔ vote to provide for the application of year-round daylight saving time when authorized by federal law.
This bill would repeal daylight saving time in the state and the provisions regarding the Legislature’s authority to amend the above-described provisions by a ⅔ vote. The bill would instead require the state and all political subdivisions of the state to observe year-round standard time. The bill would exempt the state and all political subdivisions of the state from the provisions of federal law that establish the advancement of time. The bill would make related findings and declarations.
02/02/26 Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Existing law requires county elections officials to mail a ballot to every registered voter for all elections, as provided. Existing law authorizes any county to conduct an all-mailed ballot election under certain conditions.
This bill would repeal the provisions requiring county elections officials to mail a ballot to every registered voter and authorizing a county to conduct an all-mailed ballot election. The bill would instead authorize a voter to request a vote by mail ballot for any election, as specified. The bill would also authorize and establish procedures for a voter to apply to become a permanent vote by mail voter. The bill would require a county elections official to mail a vote by mail ballot for each election to a voter who has qualified to become a permanent vote by mail voter.
By establishing new duties for local elections officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program.
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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
02/02/26 Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law authorizes the department to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possession, or control.
This bill would establish the Highway Signage Fund in the State Treasury and would make moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the department’s costs in erecting signage for highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity.
02/02/26 Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Existing law provides for the administration of the constitutional oath of office and seating of Members of the Legislature at the beginning of any regular session of the Legislature. Existing law requires each Member of the Legislature and each designated employee of the Legislature to attend certain orientation courses conducted by the appropriate legislative ethics committees at least once in each biennial session.
This bill would require a Member of the Legislature and an
employee all Members and employees of the
Legislature to attend a course regarding the United States
Constitution and the California Constitution within 6 months of the
convening of a regular session of the Legislature, except as
specified. The bill would require the Joint Rules Committee
Legislative Counsel Bureau to develop and conduct the
course, as specified.
02/02/26 Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Note that, unless otherwise indicated, committee meetings take place once the legislature is in session. In particular, note that last day for most bills to be introduced is February; after that date, if you want to introduce a new bill, you have to modify an existing one. Thus, the legislature creates loads of "non-substantive" changes bills, in the various areas of operation of government, that it can either ignore and let die, or gut and amend into something new in lieu of introducing a new bill. Further, in September, bills can be amended on the floor at the last minute, after all committee hearings.
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| May 8 | Last day for policy committees to meet prior to Jun 1. |
| May 15 | Last day for fiscal committees to hear and report to the Floor bills introduced in their house. |
| May 15 | Last day for fiscal committees to meet prior to June 1. |
| May 26-29 | Floor session only. No committee may meet for
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| May 29 | Last day for each house to pass bills introduced in that house. |
| Jun 1 | Committee meetings may resume. |
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| Aug 21 | Last day to amend on the Floor. |
| Aug 31 | Last day for each house to pass bills. Final Recess begins upon adjournment. |
| Sep 30 | Last day for Governor to sign or veto bills passed by the Legislature on or before Sept. 1 and in the Governor's possession on or after Sept. 1. |
| Nov 3 | General Election |
| Nov 30 | Adjournment sine die at midnight |
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