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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bicycle operation."
+description: "Existing law regulates the operation of bicycles and pedicabs. Existing law defines a Class I bikeway as a bike path or shared use path that provides a completely separated right-of-way designated for the exclusive use of bicycles and pedestrians. Under existing law, a person riding a bicycle or operating a pedicab on a highway has all the rights prescribed in, and is subject to the requirements in, the Vehicle Code that are applicable to the driver of a vehicle."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20172018"
+identifier: "AB 1755"
+citation: "California AB 1755 (20172018)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Bicycle operation."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steinorth"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-01-03"
+last_action: "2018-07-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e907d01-1225-4549-83b5-4fc5c116e15f"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1755"
+source_hash: "350fb6615828e8a8496de4116d138b9aa909c638db400d8868f0d436116347c4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 1755 (20172018) — Bicycle operation.
+
+Existing law regulates the operation of bicycles and pedicabs. Existing law defines a Class I bikeway as a bike path or shared use path that provides a completely separated right-of-way designated for the exclusive use of bicycles and pedestrians. Under existing law, a person riding a bicycle or operating a pedicab on a highway has all the rights prescribed in, and is subject to the requirements in, the Vehicle Code that are applicable to the driver of a vehicle.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **01/03/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1755&version=20170AB175599INT)
+2. **03/13/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1755&version=20170AB175598AMD)
+3. **04/04/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1755&version=20170AB175597AMD)
+4. **07/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1755&version=20170AB175595CHP)
+5. **AB1755** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1755)
+6. **07/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1755&version=20170AB175596ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 1755 STEINORTH Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- Consent Calendar AB1755 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steinorth — primary (person)
+- Acosta — coauthor (person)
+- Choi — coauthor (person)
+- Flora — author (person)
+- Lackey — coauthor (person)
+- Pan — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2018-01-04** From printer. May be heard in committee February 3.
+- **2018-01-16** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-02-28** Coauthors revised.
+- **2018-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2018-04-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2018-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-04-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4898.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2018-05-10** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2018-06-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5038.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2018-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2018-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2018-07-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-07-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 139, Statutes of 2018.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1e907d01-1225-4549-83b5-4fc5c116e15f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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