2023 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.
CalBike’s Top Priority Bills
| Bill # | Author & Title or Description | Position | Explanation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB 93 | Bryan: Stop Baseless Searches | Sponsor | Prohibits police officers from requesting consent to conduct a search if the officer does not suspect criminal activity. | Died on Assembly Floor |
| AB 825 | Bryan: Decriminalizing Sidewalk Riding | Sponsor | Allows bicycle riding on a sidewalk adjacent to a street that does not include a Class I, Class II, or Class IV bikeway. | Governor Vetoed |
| AB 1525 | Bonta: The Equity-First Transportation Funding Act | Support | Prioritizes low-income communities of color for transportation funding. | Died in Assembly Appropriations |
| SB 50 | Bradford: Stop Pretextual Policing | Support | Prohibits police officers from stopping or detaining the operator of a motor vehicle or bicycle for a low-level infraction. | Died on Assembly Floor |
CalBike’s Active Transportation Slate for 2023
| Bill # | Author & Title or Description | Position | Explanation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB 6 | Friedman: Regional Prioritization for Clean Transportation | Support | Requires regional transportation agencies to prioritize and fund transportation projects that significantly contribute towards regional and the state’s climate goals. | 2-year bill |
| AB 7 | Friedman: Project Selection Process | Support | Requires state transportation agencies to incorporate environmental and equity principles into their project selection process | 2-year bill |
| AB 73 | Boerner Horvath: Bike Safety Stop | Support | Legalizes stop-as-yield for bike riders aged 18 and older. | 2-year bill |
| AB 251 | Ward: Deadly Oversized Cars | Support | Convenes a task force to study the relationship between vehicle weight and injuries to pedestrians and cyclists, and to study the costs and benefits of imposing a passenger vehicle weight fee. | Governor Signed |
| AB 361 | Ward: Cars Blocking Bike Lanes | Support | Authorizes cities to install automated forward facing parking control devices on city-owned parking enforcement vehicles for the purpose of video imaging parking violations occurring in bicycle lanes. | Governor Signed |
| AB 413 | Lee: Daylighting to Save Lives | Sponsor | Prohibits the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle within 20 feet of any unmarked or marked crosswalk. | Governor Signed |
| AB 610 | Holden: Free Transit for Youth | Support | Establishes pilot program that provides grants to transit agencies for the costs of creating and implementing free youth transit passes to persons attending certain educational institutions. | 2-year bill |
| AB 645 | Friedman: Automated Speed Enforcement | Support | Establishes an automated speed safety pilot program. | Governor Signed |
| AB 761 | Friedman: Transit Transformation Task Force | Support | Establishes a Transit Transformation Task Force to develop policies to grow transit ridership and improve the transit experience for all users. | Included in Budget Trailer Bill |
| AB 819 | Bryan: Decriminalizing Transit Fare Evasion | Sponsor | Decriminalizes fare evasion by removing it as a misdemeanor classification. | Governor Vetoed |
| AB 833 | Rendon: Freeway Caps | Support | Requires Caltrans to prepare a plan for adding caps to freeway segments that divide disadvantaged, underrepresented, urban communities | 2-year bill |
| AB 981 | Friedman: Highway Pilot Projects to Reduce Emissions | Support | Requires Caltrans to to complete 10 pilot highway maintenance and rehabilitation demonstration projects that result in significantly reduced emissions of greenhouse gases. | Died in Assembly Appropriations |
| AB 1188 | Boerner Horvath: California Bike Smart Safety Handbook | Sponsor | Requires the DMV to create a Bicycle Handbook. | Died in Assembly Appropriations |
| AB 1266 | Kalra: No More Warrants for Infractions | Support | Eliminates the use of bench warrants for minor infractions. | Died in Senate Appropriations Committee |
| SB 695 | Gonzalez: Caltrans Freeway Data | Support | Requires Caltrans to annually prepare and make available information and data about activities on the state highway system on a public data portal. | Governor Signed |
| SB 712 | Portantino: Tenancy & Micromobility | Support | Prohibits a landlord from prohibiting a tenant from owning a personal micromobility device or from storing a personal micromobility device in their dwelling unit unless the landlord provides secure, long-term storage for those devices, or if the device is certified under relevant UL/EN safety standards. | Governor Signed |
Bills CalBike Is Watching
| Bill # | Author & Title or Description | Position | Explanation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AB 411 | Bennett: Recreational Trails | Watch | Removes funds from the ATP to fund recreational trails program. | Died in Assembly Appropriations |
| AB 1447 | Flora: E-Scooter Classification | Watch | Creates a classification system for electric scooters. | Held in committee |
| AB 1464 | Connolly: Richmond-San Rafael Bridge | Watch | Requires Caltrans to consider mobility options for Richmond-San Rafael Bridge | Died in Assembly Appropriations |
| SB 295 | Dodd: Regulating E-Scooters | Watch | Authorizes a public agency to adopt rules or regulations to restrict more transportation devices, including, among other things, scooters, pocket bicycles, and golf carts. | Died In Assembly Transportation Committee |
| SB 381 | Min: E-Bike Study | Watch | Requires a study on electric bicycles to inform efforts to improve the safety of riders and pedestrians, and to submit a report of the findings from the study to the Legislature. | Governor Signed |
| SB 538 | Portantino: Bike Czar | Watch | Requires Caltrans’ Director to appoint a Bicycle Czar, to serve as the department’s chief advisor on all issues related to bicycle transportation, safety, and infrastructure. | Governor Signed |