2025 Legislative Watch
CalBike sponsors and advocates for legislation that makes California streets safer for people who walk and bike for everyday transportation.
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The California Bicycle Coalition is your voice in Sacramento for state policies that enable your community and your neighbors to feel safe and comfortable using active transportation. We update our Legislative Watch regularly.
CalBike’s Top Priority Bills
| Bill # | Author & Title or Description | Position | Explanation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB 891 | Zbur: Caltrans Quick-Build Program | Sponsor | This bill would establish the Quick-Build Project Pilot Program within Caltrans to expedite, develop, and implement low-cost projects on the state highway system. | Introduced |
| AB 954 | Bennett: Caltrans Bike Highway System | Sponsor | This bill would establish the Bike Highway Pilot Program within Caltrans to develop and implement a bike highway system. | Introduced |
| SB 455 | Blakespear: Illegal Electric Motorcycles | Sponsor | TBD | Introduced |
CalBike’s Active Transportation Slate for 2025
| Bill # | Author & Title or Description | Position | Explanation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB 382 | Berman: Pedestrian Safety Near Schools | Support | TBD | Introduced |
| AB 1132 | Schiavo: Caltrans Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment | Support | This bill would require Caltrans to identify key community resilience indicators for measuring the impacts of climate-induced transportation disruptions. | Introduced |
| SB 71 | Wiener: CEQA Exemption for Active Transit | Support | This bill would extend the CEQA exemption indefinitely for transit and active transportation projects. | Introduced |
| SB 445 | Wiener: Sustainable Transportation Project Permits | Support | This bill would help accelerate the permitting and construction of sustainable transportation projects that are ready to proceed to more advanced stages of design and construction. | Introduced |
| SB 671 | Cervantes: Safer Pedestrian Crossings | Support | This bill would require the walk indication and other visual signals at crosswalks to comply with CA MUTCD. | Introduced |
Bills CalBike Is Watching
| Bill # | Author & Title or Description | Position | Explanation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB 33 | Aguiar-Curry: Autonomous Vehicles | Watch | TBD | Introduced |
| AB 289 | Haney: State highway work zone speed safety program | Watch | This bill would allow Caltrans to establish a speed enforcement program that utilizes up to 125 speed safety systems on state highway construction or maintenance areas. | Introduced |
| AB 306 | Schultz/Rivas: State Building Standards | Watch | This bill would would freeze all (with some limited undefined exceptions) state, county, and city building codes in California for six years. | Introduced |
| AB 444 | Wilson: General Plan Circulation Element | Watch | TBD | Introduced |
| AB 544 | Davies: E-bike reflector requirement | Watch | This bill would require an electric bicycle during all hours to be equipped with a red reflector or a solid or flashing red light with a built-in reflector on the rear that is visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear. | Introduced |
| AB 545 | Davies: E-bike clarification | Watch | This bill would clarify that an electric bicycle is a bicycle equipped with fully operable pedals and an electric motor that is not physically capable of exceeding 750 watts of power. | Introduced |
| AB 612 | Rogers: Highway Design Manual: Increase Fire Department Authority | Watch | This bill would require Caltrans to update the Highway Design Manual to direct local governments to consult with local fire departments when making road improvements to ensure the improvements do not negatively impact emergency response times. | Introduced |
| AB 657 | Alvarez: State Highways | Watch | TBD | Introduced |
| AB 875 | Muratsuchi: Illegal Electric Motorcycles | Watch | This bill would allow police officers to remove illegal electric bicycles. | Introduced |
| AB 939 | Schultz: The Safe, Sustainable, Traffic-Reducing Transportation Bond Act of 2026 | Watch | This bill would enact the Safe, Sustainable, Traffic-Reducing Transportation Bond Act of 2026 which, if approved by the voters, would authorize the issuance of bonds in the amount of $20 billion. | Introduced |
| AB 965 | Dixon: Higher Fines for Minors not Wearing a Helmet | Watch | Increases the fine for minors not wearing a bike helmet. | Introduced |
| AB 968 | Boerner: E-bike Disclosure for Parents and Minors | Watch | This bill would require manufacturers and distributors of electric bicycles to include a notice in the electric bicycle’s packaging that informs parents of minor riders’ risks and responsibilities associated with operating an electric bicycle. | Introduced |
| AB 981 | Gipson: Intelligent Speed Assistance for Dangerous Drivers | Watch | This bill will require reckless drivers to install intelligent speed systems on their cars. | Introduced |
| AB 1014 | Rogers: Caltrans Slower Streets | Watch | This bill would authorize Caltrans to lower speed limits on state highways. | Introduced |
| AB 1243 | Addis: Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 | Watch | This bill would enact the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 and would establish the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Program to be administered by the California Environmental Protection Agency to require fossil fuel polluters to pay their fair share of the damage caused by greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere, | Introduced |
| AB 1257 | Lackey: State Highways | Watch | TBD | Introduced |
| AB 1275 | Elhawary: Regional Housing Needs and Transportation Plans | Watch | This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to harmonize the regional housing needs allocation process with the regional transportation plan and sustainable community strategy processes to ensure the needs of both existing populations and projected populations are met, and to ensure local governments have plans for sufficient housing in climate-friendly locations near transit, jobs, and services. | Introduced |
| AB 1379 | Nguyen: Speed Safety System Pilot Program | Watch | TBD | Introduced |
| AB 1430 | Bennett: State Highways | Watch | TBD | Introduced |
| SB 63 | Wiener/Arreguín: San Francisco Bay Area Local Revenue Measure | Watch | This bill would authorize the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to propose a revenue measure to the voters in its jurisdiction to fund the operation, expansion, and transformation of the San Francisco Bay area’s public transportation system, as well as other transportation improvements. | Introduced |
| SB 78 | Seyarto: Study for Road and Safety Improvements | Watch | This bill would require caltrans to conduct a study to identify certain locations in the state highway system with regard to vehicle collisions, projects that could improve road safety at each of those locations | Introduced |
| SB 94 | Jones: Bicycles | Watch | TBD | Introduced |
| SB 220 | Allen: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Watch | This bill would update and modernize the membership of the board of directors of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. | Introduced |
| SB 506 | Cortese: Transportation omnibus bill | Watch | TBD | Introduced |
| SB 511 | Grayson: Autonomous Vehicles | Watch | TBD | Introduced |
| SB 586 | Jones: EMotos | Watch | This bill would define “eMotos” as off-highway vehicles. | Introduced |
| SB 684 | Menjivar: Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 | Watch | This bill would enact the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 and would establish the Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Program to be administered by the California Environmental Protection Agency to require fossil fuel polluters to pay their fair share of the damage caused by greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere, | Introduced |