California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 D cosponsors

SB 39 — Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes.

Last action — Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 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.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing federal law, until September 30, 2017, authorizes a state to allow specified labeled vehicles to use lanes designated for high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs) . Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to designate certain lanes for the exclusive use of HOVs. Under existing law, until January 1, 2019, or until federal authorization expires, or until the Secretary of State receives a specified notice, those lanes may be used by certain vehicles not carrying the requisite number of passengers otherwise required for the use of an HOV lane, if the vehicle displays a valid identifier issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) . Existing law authorizes the DMV to issue no more than 70,000 of those identifiers. This bill would increase the number of those identifiers that the DMV is authorized to issue to 85,000. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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

  3. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 928.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  4. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  5. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  6. Set for hearing May 4.

  7. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 731.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  8. Set for hearing April 21.

  9. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

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

  11. From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.

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

Sponsors

  • Chu · Cosponsor
  • Hertzberg · Cosponsor
  • Pavley · Primary
  • Ting · Cosponsor
  • Benjamin Allen · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Pavley

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (117)

117 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

3rd Reading (Urgency Clause)

Passed 29 Yea · 7 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 26703
Democratic 3000
Total 29703
% of votes cast 74%18%0%8%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Leno — Yea
Liu — Not Voting
Monning — Not Voting
Moorlach — Nay
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Allen — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Pan — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Nay
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Roth — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Hancock — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

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Subjects

transportation
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 39 do?
Existing federal law, until September 30, 2017, authorizes a state to allow specified labeled vehicles to use lanes designated for high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs) . Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to designate certain lanes for the exclusive use of HOVs. Under existing law, until January 1, 2019, or until federal authorization expires, or until the Secretary of State receives a specified notice, those lanes may be used by certain vehicles not carrying the requisite number of passengers otherwise required for the use of an HOV lane, if the vehicle displays a valid identifier issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) . Existing law authorizes the DMV to issue no more than 70,000 of those identifiers. This bill would increase the number of those identifiers that the DMV is authorized to issue to 85,000. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors SB 39?
SB 39 is sponsored by Chu, Hertzberg, Pavley, Ting, and Allen, Benjamin (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 39?
This bill died with 2015-2016 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 39?
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