---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: bicycle safety."
description: "Vehicles: bicycle safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 478"
citation: "California AB 478 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: bicycle safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2007-02-20"
last_action: "2007-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39b27bef-c3e9-4a08-b3cf-e007b3143402"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB478"
source_hash: "f62d875aa630bafe542259d0ff1f5a52e7c3d04d32bff00d781d619846e109a8"
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 478 (20072008) — Vehicles: bicycle safety.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB478&version=20070AB47899INT)
2. **06/13/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB478&version=20070AB47898AMD)
3. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB478&version=20070AB47897AMD)
4. **08/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB478&version=20070AB47896AMD)
5. **09/26/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB478&version=20070AB47894CHP)
6. **AB478** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB478)
7. **09/07/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB478&version=20070AB47895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 478 WOLK Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB478 Wolk By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 478 WOLK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wolk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 7. Page 1306.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-05** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2302.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-09-06** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2997.)
- **2007-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 7. Page 3005.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 7:45 p.m.
- **2007-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 232, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39b27bef-c3e9-4a08-b3cf-e007b3143402`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).