2022 Legislative Watch
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The California Bicycle Coalition is your voice in the Capitol for state policies that enable your community and your neighbors to feel safe and comfortable biking. We update our Legislative Watch regularly.
Tier 1 – Bills we’re sponsoring
| Bill # | Author & Title or Description | Position | Explanation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 932 | Portantino – Bikes in General Plans | Sponsor | Requires cities to ensure that a modified circulation element additionally includes bicycle and pedestrian plans and traffic calming plans. | Approved by the governor and chaptered. |
| AB 2147 | Ting – Safe Street Crossings | Sponsor | Legalizes safe pedestrian mid-block crossings | Approved by the governor and chaptered. |
Tier 2 – Bills we’re working on
| Bill # | Author & Title or Description | Position | Explanation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB 922 | Wiener – CEQA Exemptions | Support | Extends environmental review exemptions for transit and active transportation infrastructure improvements. Forbids auto capacity increases. | Approved by the governor and chaptered. |
| SB 307 | McGuire – Great Redwood Trail Agency | Support | Allows the Great Redwood Trail agency further authority to build out the Great Redwood Trail, a 320-mile, world-class, multi-use rail-to-trail project connecting California’s San Francisco and Humboldt Bays. | Approved by the governor and chaptered. |
| SB 1107 | Dodd – Protect California Drivers Act of 2022 | Support | Would protect California drivers and anyone who is injured in a vehicle collision, particularly low-income drivers. Specifically, this bill would modernize California’s outdated minimum auto financial responsibility limits (known as liability insurance) and would change our underinsured motorist law so that drivers will get the full value of the policy they paid for. | Approved by the governor and chaptered. |
| AB-371 | Jones-Sawyer – Shared mobility devices: insurance and tracking | Oppose | Requires bike- and scooter-share providers to install Braille insignia to aid in reporting vehicles to authorities, and requires that the provider’s insurance covers personal injury or property damage caused by the user (unlike rental car insurance requirements, for example). | Approved by the governor and chaptered. |
| AB 1909 | Friedman – Bike Omnibus (Omnibike Bill) | Support | 1. Increases access for e-bikes. 2. requires motorists to change lanes if possible to pass bikes. 3. allows bikes to go forward on a ‘walk’ sign 4. prohibits mandatory bike registration | Approved by the governor and chaptered. |
| AB 2097 | Friedman – (Lee, Skinner, Wiener) – No auto parking minimums near transit | Support | Cities can’t impose automobile parking minimums on new construction within a half mile of transit. | Approved by the governor and chaptered |
| AB 1946 | Boerner Horvath – E-Bike Safety Training Program | Support | Requires Caltrans to develop statewide safety standards and training programs for users of e-bikes | Approved by the governor and chaptered |
| AB 2028 | Davies – School instruction for bike and scooter safety | Support | Expands permitted school bicycle safety education partnerships from law enforcement agencies in elementary and middle schools to any agency or organization at any public school. | Approved by the governor and chaptered |
| SB 1079 | Portantino – Sound-activated enforcement devices | Support | Authorizes cities to use sound-activated enforcement devices to capture vehicle noise levels that exceed the legal limits | Approved by the governor and chaptered. |
| AB 2264 | Bloom – Pedestrian crossing signals | Support | Requires Caltrans and cities to update all pedestrian control signals to operate giving a pedestrian a head start between 3 to 7 seconds to enter an intersection with a corresponding circular green signal | Approved by the governor and chaptered. |
| AB 2174 | Chen – Treat bikes and scooters as vehicles for purposes of towing regulations. | Support | Approved by the governor and chaptered. | |
| SB 1472 | Stern – Speeding and reckless driving | Support | Approved by the governor and chaptered. | |
| SB 1230 | Limon – Zero-emission and near-zero emission vehicle incentive programs | Support | Approved by the governor and chaptered. | |
| AB 2863 | Wilson – Bike Parking Guidelines | Support | Requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to research, develop, and propose for adoption mandatory building standards for short-term and long-term bicycle parking in multifamily residential buildings, hotels, and motels. | Approved by the governor and chaptered. |
| AB 2438 | Friedman – Aligning transportation funding with climate goals | Support | Requires all transportation projects funded at the local or state level to align with the California Transportation Plan and the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure adopted by the Transportation Agency | Vetoed by the governor. |
| SB 457 | Portantino and Wilk – Car-Free Tax Credit | Support | Creates a rebate program for each person without a car in a household | Vetoed by the Governor |
| AB 117 | Boerner Horvath – E-Bike Incentive Program | Support | Creates an e-bike purchase incentive plan. The plan was included in the 2022 budget and is being implemented; this bill strengthens the program. | Vetoed by the governor. |
| AB 1919 | Holden – Free Student Transit Passes | Support | Develops Youth Transit Pass Pilot Program that will allow transit agencies to provide free youth transit passes to all persons 25 years of age. | Vetoed by Governor |
| AB 1713 | Boerner Horvath – The Safety Stop | Support and Request Amendments | Requires adults on bikes to yield at stop sign-controlled intersections, instead of stop, unless stopping is necessary for safety. | Withdrawn; Died on Senate Floor |
| AB 2336 | Friedman – Automated Speed Enforcement Pilot Program | Support | Establishes an automated speed enforcement pilot program in a few cities | Died in Assembly Appropriations Committee. |
| AB 1778 | C. Garcia – Freeways in Disadvantaged Communities | Support | Prohibits any state funds or personnel time from being used to fund or permit freeway widening projects in areas with high rates of pollution and poverty. | Died Senate Transportation Committee |
| SB 1067 | Portantino – Automobile parking requirements | Watch | Died on Asm Appropriations Committee. | |
| AB 1975 | Nazarian – California Bus Shelter Bill | Support | The bill would ensure that bus and pedestrian shelter and street furniture is treated as critical and funded infrastructure asset to prioritize shade as an essential need for all Californians. | Died In Assembly Appropriations Committee. |
| AB 2237 | Friedman – Regional Transportation Improvement Plans | Support | Will require the Strategic Growth Council (SGC) to work in consultation with California Air Resource Board (CARB), Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Transportation Agency to convene a task force to review the roles and responsibilities of metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and to define “sustainable community”. | Died in Senate Transportation. |