---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: transit buses: right-of-way."
description: "Vehicles: transit buses: right-of-way."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1492"
citation: "California AB 1492 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: transit buses: right-of-way."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-23"
last_action: "2007-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6e4bab7-7ce1-49fc-b8f2-2f3ef9909096"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1492"
source_hash: "d1b8bd1aa95bb6d491a8f12a401c5d8dc259ebb9f15d98e8f55f45ccc793c4f7"
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 1492 (20072008) — Vehicles: transit buses: right-of-way.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1492&version=20070AB149299INT)
2. **04/18/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1492&version=20070AB149298AMD)
3. **08/31/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1492&version=20070AB149297AMD)
4. **10/10/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1492&version=20070AB149295CHP)
5. **AB1492** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1492)
6. **09/24/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1492&version=20070AB149296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1492 LAIRD Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1492 Laird Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1492 Laird By Simitian — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2007-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2007-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2007-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 16). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1431.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-31** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2581.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 3387.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 451, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6e4bab7-7ce1-49fc-b8f2-2f3ef9909096`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).