AB 2285 — Transportation.

Summary

(1) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature. The California Clean Truck, Bus, and Off-Road Vehicle and Equipment Technology Program, upon appropriation from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, funds zero- and near-zero-emission truck, bus, and off-road vehicle and equipment technologies and related projects. The program provides that projects eligible for funding include, among others, technology development, demonstration, precommercial pilots, and early commercial deployments of zero- and near-zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty truck technology, and requires, until December 31, 2020, no less than 20% of funding made available for that purpose to support early commercial deployment of existing zero- and near-zero-emission heavy-duty truck technology. This bill would extend the requirement that 20% of that funding be made available for that same purpose until December 31, 2021. (2) Existing law requires a vehicle to display a license plate issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles on the rear of the vehicle. Existing law requires a vehicle to display tabs upon the license plate indicating the month and year of expiration of the vehicle registration and makes it a crime to display expired tabs. Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to conduct a pilot program, to be limited to no more than 0.5 percent of registered vehicles, to be completed no later than January 1, 2021, to evaluate the use of alternatives to stickers, tabs, license plates, and registration cards, subject to certain requirements, and if the department conducts a pilot program, requires the department to submit a report of the results of the pilot program, as specified, to the Legislature no later than July 1, 2020. This bill would extend the authorization for the Department of Motor Vehicles to complete the pilot program to January 1, 2023. (3) Existing law requires a person driving a vehicle on a freeway approaching, among other things, a stationary authorized emergency vehicle that is displaying emergency lights to approach with due caution and, before passing in a lane immediately adjacent to one of those specified vehicles, absent other direction by a peace officer, either proceed to make a lane change into an available lane not immediately adjacent to one of those specified vehicles, or slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for existing weather, road, and vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions, as specified. Existing law makes a violation of that provision an infraction, punishable by a fine of not more than $50. Existing law defines a freeway, for purposes of the Vehicle Code, to mean a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right or easement of access to or from their abutting lands or in respect to which those owners have only a limited or restricted right or easement of access. Existing law also defines a highway as a way or place of whatever nature, publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel, and includes a street. This bill would instead require a person driving a vehicle on a highway approaching, among other things, a stationary authorized emergency vehicle that is displaying emergency lights to approach with due caution and, before passing in a lane immediately adjacent to one of those specified vehicles, absent other direction by a peace officer, either proceed to make a lane change into an available lane not immediately adjacent to one of those specified vehicles, or slow to a reasonable and prudent speed that is safe for existing weather, road, and vehicular or pedestrian traffic conditions, as specified. Because this bill would expand the application of this provision from freeways to highways, it would expand the scope of an existing crime and would impose a state-mandated local program. (4) 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.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/18/20 - Chaptered Current pdf September 18, 2020
• Enrolled 09/01/20 - Enrolled pdf September 01, 2020
• Amended 08/20/20 - Amended Senate pdf August 20, 2020
• Amended 05/04/20 - Amended Assembly pdf May 04, 2020
• Introduced 02/14/20 - Introduced pdf February 14, 2020
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Action History

1. September 18, 2020

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 100, Statutes of 2020.

2. September 18, 2020

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 10, 2020

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.

4. August 30, 2020

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5315.).

5. August 28, 2020

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

6. August 28, 2020

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4384.).

7. August 26, 2020

   Ordered to special consent calendar.

8. August 24, 2020

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

9. August 20, 2020

   Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

10. August 20, 2020

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20).

11. August 13, 2020

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

12. August 04, 2020

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

13. July 01, 2020

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

14. June 11, 2020

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

15. June 11, 2020

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4825.)

16. June 04, 2020

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

17. June 03, 2020

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 3).

18. June 02, 2020

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

19. May 05, 2020

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

20. May 04, 2020

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

21. May 04, 2020

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

22. March 17, 2020

    In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

23. February 24, 2020

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

24. February 15, 2020

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

25. February 14, 2020

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Committee on Transportation · Primary

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