---
type: "Bill"
title: "Highways: federal funds: Safe Routes to School."
description: "Highways: federal funds: Safe Routes to School."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 57"
citation: "California AB 57 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways: federal funds: Safe Routes to School."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Soto"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2006-12-04"
last_action: "2007-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ccc30f8-9817-4f7f-aba9-8f19b5b62d44"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB57"
source_hash: "72edba00ae049e84a93c48f4bdeec7264ff6a2b022c79e4a9fd0796b00dce84f"
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 57 (20072008) — Highways: federal funds: Safe Routes to School.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/06 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB57&version=20070AB5799INT)
2. **03/28/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB57&version=20070AB5798AMD)
3. **06/01/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB57&version=20070AB5797AMD)
4. **06/27/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB57&version=20070AB5796AMD)
5. **07/16/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB57&version=20070AB5795AMD)
6. **07/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB57&version=20070AB5794AMD)
7. **09/04/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB57&version=20070AB5793AMD)
8. **10/14/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB57&version=20070AB5791CHP)
9. **AB57** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB57)
10. **09/20/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB57&version=20070AB5792ENR)

## Votes

- AB 57 Soto Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB57 Soto By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 57 SOTO Assembly Third Reading By NAVA — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Soto — primary (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Leno — principal coauthor (person)
- Mendoza — coauthor (person)
- Nava — principal coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-12-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2006-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-27** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 26). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-28** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-03-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 31). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1896.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-06-27** 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`
- **2007-07-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-20** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2007-09-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 7.) . Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 14. Page 2582.) `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 55. Noes 22. Page 3347.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 673, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ccc30f8-9817-4f7f-aba9-8f19b5b62d44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).