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SB 78·CA·senate

Department of Transportation: report: state highway system: safety enhancements.

EnactedFiled Jan 15, 2025
Sponsor: Seyarto
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Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 743, Statutes of 2025.

Oct 13, 2025

Legislative status

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee
  3. Reported by Committee
  4. Floor Vote Scheduled
  5. Passed One Chamber
  6. Passed Both Chambers
  7. Sent to Executive
  8. Enacted

Summary

The bill orders the California Department of Transportation to evaluate how it plans and executes safety improvement projects on state highways. It must review administrative hurdles, alternative delivery methods, authority limits, and coordination with other agencies, then submit its findings to the Legislature. The measure aims to identify ways to speed up safety work without changing legal duties or creating new standards.

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Vote

77 yes

0 no

Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2989.) Ordered to the Senate. · Sep 8, 2025

Hearings

History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 743, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2997.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2989.) Ordered to the Senate.
  6. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  7. Read third time and amended.
  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. Ordered to third reading.
  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29).
  11. August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

The 12 most recent of 27 recorded actions.

Sponsors

  • Seyarto · sponsor
  • Patterson

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