California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 1155 — Vehicles: combination length.

Last action — Set, second hearing. Failed passage in committee.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

(1) Existing law prohibits any combination of vehicles coupled together, including any attachments, from exceeding a total length of 65 feet, with certain, specified exemptions. Existing law further exempts a combination of vehicles coupled together, including attachments from the specified length limitation, and authorizes the combination to have a length of not more than 75 feet if the combination consists of a truck tractor, a semitrailer, or a semitrailer or trailer, and the length of neither the semitrailer nor the trailer in the combination of vehicles exceeds 28 feet 6 inches. This bill would, until January 1, 2018, exempt from the length limitation a combination of vehicles coupled together, including attachments not more than 75 feet in total length that (1) consist of a motortruck and two trailers; (2) includes a trailer in the combination that does not exceed 28 feet 6 inches; (3) is used exclusively to transport agricultural products from the field to either the first point of handling and return or to a designated truck route and return, and each direction of transport does not exceed a specified amount of miles; (4) is not operated on a highway designated by the United States Department of Transportation as a national network route; (5) does not exceed a speed of 50 miles per hour when operating on a highway; (6) successfully completes a commercial vehicle safety alliance inspection conducted by the Department of the California Highway Patrol; and (7) operates on the highways only after the development of safe routing techniques, as specified. The bill would also limit the application of this exemption to the County of San Benito and to cities in that county upon adoption of the exemption by ordinance or resolution. The bill would require the Department of the California Highway Patrol, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, to conduct a study of the effect that the exemption has on public safety, as prescribed, and to report the results of the study to the Legislature and the Governor on or before April 1, 2014. (2) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations regarding the need for special legislation. (3) The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency measure.

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Action History

  1. Set, second hearing. Failed passage in committee.

  2. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  3. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  4. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  5. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 3429.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3388.) (April 30).

  8. Set for hearing April 30.

  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 4. Page 3123.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. Set for hearing April 10.

  11. Referred to Com. on T. & H.

  12. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  13. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Cannella · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Cannella

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Failed 6 Yea · 5 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6503
Total 6503
% of votes cast 43%36%0%21%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Furutani — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Bonilla — Nay
Portantino — Not Voting
Jeffries — Yea
Miller — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Blumenfield — Nay
Buchanan — Not Voting
Logue — Yea
Norby — Yea
Solorio — Not Voting
Eng — Nay
Bonnie Lowenthal — Nay

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3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

Passed 27 Yea · 10 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 251002
Democratic 2000
Republican 0001
Total 271003
% of votes cast 68%25%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Evans — Nay
Fuller — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hancock — Nay
Lowenthal — Nay
Harman — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Nay
Leno — Nay
Corbett — Nay
Anderson — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Liu — Nay
Pavley — Nay
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Nay
Walters — Yea
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Nay
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Not Voting

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Do pass.

Passed 6 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6100
Total 6100
% of votes cast 86%14%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Lieu — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Yea
Kehoe — Nay
Steinberg — Yea

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Subjects

public-safety transportation agriculture
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 1155 do?
(1) Existing law prohibits any combination of vehicles coupled together, including any attachments, from exceeding a total length of 65 feet, with certain, specified exemptions. Existing law further exempts a combination of vehicles coupled together, including attachments from the specified length limitation, and authorizes the combination to have a length of not more than 75 feet if the combination consists of a truck tractor, a semitrailer, or a semitrailer or trailer, and the length of neither the semitrailer nor the trailer in the combination of vehicles exceeds 28 feet 6 inches. This bill would, until January 1, 2018, exempt from the length limitation a combination of vehicles coupled together, including attachments not more than 75 feet in total length that (1) consist of a motortruck and two trailers; (2) includes a trailer in the combination that does not exceed 28 feet 6 inches; (3) is used exclusively to transport agricultural products from the field to either the first point of handling and return or to a designated truck route and return, and each direction of transport does not exceed a specified amount of miles; (4) is not operated on a highway designated by the United States Department of Transportation as a national network route; (5) does not exceed a speed of 50 miles per hour when operating on a highway; (6) successfully completes a commercial vehicle safety alliance inspection conducted by the Department of the California Highway Patrol; and (7) operates on the highways only after the development of safe routing techniques, as specified. The bill would also limit the application of this exemption to the County of San Benito and to cities in that county upon adoption of the exemption by ordinance or resolution. The bill would require the Department of the California Highway Patrol, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, to conduct a study of the effect that the exemption has on public safety, as prescribed, and to report the results of the study to the Legislature and the Governor on or before April 1, 2014. (2) This bill would make legislative findings and declarations regarding the need for special legislation. (3) The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency measure.
Who sponsors SB 1155?
SB 1155 is sponsored by Cannella.
What is the current status of SB 1155?
This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 1155?
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