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.
| 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. | In Senate Appropriations Committee; hearing May 16. |
| AB 2147 | Ting – Safe Street Crossings | Sponsor | Legalizes safe pedestrian mid-block crossings | In Assembly Appropriations Committee; hearing May 19. |
| Bill # | Author & Title or Description | Position | Explanation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Awaiting a vote in the full Assembly. |
| 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). | In Senate Committee on Insurance. |
| AB 2237 | Friedman – Sustainable Regional Planning | Support | Reprise of vetoed AB 1147 | In Assembly Appropriations Committee; hearing on May 19. |
| SB 922 | Wiener – CEQA Exemptions | Support | Extends environmental review exemptions for transit and active transportation infrastructure improvements. Forbids auto capacity increases. | Awaiting a vote in the full Senate. |
| 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 | In Senate Transportation Committee. |
| AB 2336 | Friedman – Automated Speed Enforcement Pilot Program | Support | Establishes an automated speed enforcement pilot program in a few cities | In Assembly Appropriations Committee; hearing May 19. |
| 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 | In Assembly Appropriations Committee; hearing May 18. |
| 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. | Awaiting vote of full Assembly. |
| 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. | In Assembly Appropriations Committee; hearing May 18. |
| AB 1919 | Holden – Free Student Transit Passes | Support | Intent bill may remove | In Assembly Appropriations Committee; hearing May 19. |
| 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 | In Senate Transportation Committee. |
| 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. | In Senate Education Committee. |
| 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 | Awaiting a vote in the full Senate. |
| 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 | In Assembly Appropriations Committee; hearing May 19. |
| SB 1067 | Portantino – Automobile parking requirements | Watch | In Senate Appropriations Committee; hearing May 16. | |
| AB 2174 | Chen – Treat bikes and scooters as vehicles for purposes of towing regulations. | Support | Awaiting Assembly floor vote. | |
| SB 1472 | Stern – Speeding and reckless driving | Support | In Senate Appropriations Committee; hearing May 16. | |
| SB 1230 | Limon – Zero-emission and near-zero emission vehicle incentive programs | Support | In Senate Appropriations Committee; hearing May 16. | |
| AB 2746 | Friedman – Driving privilege: suspension | Support | In Assembly Appropriations Committee; hearing May 18. | |
| 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. | In Senate Appropriations Committee; hearing May 19. |
| 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. | In Assembly Appropriations Committee; hearing May 18. |
| AB 2863 | McCarty – Bike Parking Guidelines | Support | Awaiting Assembly floor vote. | |
| SB 1410 | Oppose | In Senate Appropriations Committee; hearing May 16. |
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