---
type: "Bill"
title: "High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes."
description: "High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1954"
citation: "California AB 1954 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffries"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-13"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38da0fbe-7482-49a6-9470-64184f74cc57"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1954"
source_hash: "149ee928c37c79d63730c53de13abaafb0b42d07bcf5bf41c85b91aed31b75b3"
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 1954 (20072008) — High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1954&version=20070AB195499INT)
2. **03/03/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1954&version=20070AB195498AMD)
3. **04/07/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1954&version=20070AB195497AMD)
4. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1954&version=20070AB195496AMD)
5. **08/06/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1954&version=20070AB195495AMD)
6. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1954&version=20070AB195493CHP)
7. **AB1954** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1954)
8. **08/22/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1954&version=20070AB195494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1954 JEFFRIES Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1954 Jeffries By Hollingsworth — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1954 JEFFRIES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeffries — primary (person)
- Battin — coauthor (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Hollingsworth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2008-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-03-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5362.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-06** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 5095.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-19** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6682.)
- **2008-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 6685.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 421, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38da0fbe-7482-49a6-9470-64184f74cc57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).