AB 759 is sponsored by Bigelow and Grayson, Timothy S. (Democratic).

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California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 759 — Traffic safety: work zones: positive protection measures.

Last action October 08, 2019 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 617, Statutes of 2019.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
2 sponsors

1 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law authorizes traffic to be restricted through or around the work on streets and highways whenever the traffic would endanger the safety of workers or the work would interfere with, or endanger the movement of, traffic through the work zone. Existing law authorizes traffic in work zones to be regulated by warning signs, lights, appropriate control devices, or by a person or persons controlling and directing the flow of traffic. This bill would require the Department of Transportation to update guidance by July 1, 2021, to specify the appropriate use of positive protection measures with the goal of isolating workers or work zones from traffic. The bill would require the department to provide compensation for the use of a safety device where the updated guidance allows, but does not require, the optional safety device when requested by a contractor on a public works project. The bill would require the department to submit a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2024, that includes findings and recommendations on the use of positive protection measures used pursuant to these provisions. The bill would make legislative findings and declarations in support of these provisions.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/08/19 - Chaptered Current pdf October 08, 2019
Enrolled 09/17/19 - Enrolled pdf September 17, 2019
Amended 09/04/19 - Amended Senate pdf September 04, 2019
Amended 07/11/19 - Amended Senate pdf July 11, 2019
Amended 06/27/19 - Amended Senate pdf June 27, 2019
Introduced 02/19/19 - Introduced pdf February 19, 2019
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Action History

October 08, 2019
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 617, Statutes of 2019.
October 08, 2019
Approved by the Governor.
September 24, 2019
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
September 12, 2019
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3475.).
September 11, 2019
From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (September 11).
September 10, 2019
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3303.)
September 10, 2019
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
September 10, 2019
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3252.)
September 09, 2019
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
September 09, 2019
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2703.).
September 05, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
September 04, 2019
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 30, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 30, 2019
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30).
August 12, 2019
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
July 11, 2019
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
July 11, 2019
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 9).
July 03, 2019
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
July 01, 2019
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c).
July 01, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
June 27, 2019
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
June 27, 2019
Ordered to second reading.
June 27, 2019
From inactive file.
June 13, 2019
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Jones.
June 13, 2019
From Consent Calendar.
June 12, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
June 11, 2019
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 11).
May 16, 2019
Referred to Com. on G.O.
May 02, 2019
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 02, 2019
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1480.)
April 29, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
April 25, 2019
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 24).
February 28, 2019
Referred to Com. on G.O.
February 20, 2019
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
February 19, 2019
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Bigelow

Co-sponsors (1)

Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic

Not signed on (120)

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Votes

AB 759 Bigelow Concurrence in Senate Amendments

September 12, 2019

Passed 79 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	52	0	0	0
Democratic	22	0	0	0
Republican	5	0	0	0
Total	79	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Mathis	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Diep	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Kamlager-Dove	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Brough	—	Yea
Gloria	—	Yea
Obernolte	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Weber	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea

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With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in.

September 11, 2019

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	4	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	10	0	0	1
Total	14	0	0	1
% of votes cast	93%	0%	0%	7%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Nazarian	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Diep	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea

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3rd Reading AB759 Bigelow et al. By Umberg

September 09, 2019

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	27	0	0	0
Democratic	10	0	0	0
Republican	3	0	0	0
Total	40	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Rubio	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Moorlach	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Allen	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Chang	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

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Do pass

August 30, 2019

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	1	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

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Placed on suspense file

August 12, 2019

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	1	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

July 09, 2019

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	10	0	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	13	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (13)

Member	Party	Vote
Dodd	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

June 11, 2019

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	11	0	0	2
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	14	0	0	2
% of votes cast	88%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Dodd	—	Yea
Allen	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Chang	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Not Voting
Hueso	—	Not Voting
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

AB 759 Bigelow Consent Calendar Second Day

May 02, 2019

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	46	0	0	2
Democratic	23	0	0	2
Republican	7	0	0	0
Total	76	0	0	4
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Brough	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Frazier	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Diep	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Gloria	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Obernolte	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Weber	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Not Voting
Mullin	—	Not Voting
Maienschein	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Kamlager-Dove	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Not Voting
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

April 24, 2019

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	11	0	0	1
Republican	2	0	0	0
Democratic	7	0	0	0
Total	20	0	0	1
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (21)

Member	Party	Vote
Salas	—	Yea
Brough	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Not Voting
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

public-safety transportation

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 759 do?: Existing law authorizes traffic to be restricted through or around the work on streets and highways whenever the traffic would endanger the safety of workers or the work would interfere with, or endanger the movement of, traffic through the work zone. Existing law authorizes traffic in work zones to be regulated by warning signs, lights, appropriate control devices, or by a person or persons controlling and directing the flow of traffic. This bill would require the Department of Transportation to update guidance by July 1, 2021, to specify the appropriate use of positive protection measures with the goal of isolating workers or work zones from traffic. The bill would require the department to provide compensation for the use of a safety device where the updated guidance allows, but does not require, the optional safety device when requested by a contractor on a public works project. The bill would require the department to submit a report to the Legislature by January 1, 2024, that includes findings and recommendations on the use of positive protection measures used pursuant to these provisions. The bill would make legislative findings and declarations in support of these provisions.
Who sponsors AB 759?: AB 759 is sponsored by Bigelow and Grayson, Timothy S. (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 759?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 19, 2019. Enacted.
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Identifier: AB 759
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2019-2020 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 19, 2019
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Bigelow

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Votes

AB 759 Bigelow Concurrence in Senate Amendments

With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in.

3rd Reading AB759 Bigelow et al. By Umberg

Do pass

Placed on suspense file

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

AB 759 Bigelow Consent Calendar Second Day

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

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