---
type: "Bill"
title: "High-occupancy toll lanes."
description: "Existing law authorizes a regional transportation agency, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, to apply to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, including administration and operation of a value-pricing program and exclusive or preferential lane facilities for public transit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1224"
citation: "California AB 1224 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High-occupancy toll lanes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eng"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2010-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e983433-8523-43ea-bb2b-feec5331565c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1224"
source_hash: "d6aef6bf09548dccae6dccc5620e9212e548f219eba9a27d047ca7e6456a0e0e"
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 1224 (20092010) — High-occupancy toll lanes.

Existing law authorizes a regional transportation agency, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, to apply to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes, including administration and operation of a value-pricing program and exclusive or preferential lane facilities for public transit.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1224&version=20090AB122499INT)
2. **01/04/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1224&version=20090AB122497AMD)
3. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1224&version=20090AB122498AMD)
4. **04/27/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1224&version=20090AB122496AMD)
5. **09/29/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1224&version=20090AB122494CHP)
6. **AB1224** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1224)
7. **08/31/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1224&version=20090AB122495ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #30 AB1224 Eng By Price — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- AB 1224 ENG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1224 ENG Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eng — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-27** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2010-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (January 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-25** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-01-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 3912.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-11** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-04** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-08-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4412.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-12** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2010-08-24** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (August 23). `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 6636.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2010-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 441, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e983433-8523-43ea-bb2b-feec5331565c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).