---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes."
description: "Existing federal law, until September 30, 2017, authorizes a state to allow specified labeled vehicles to use lanes designated for high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs) ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "California SB 286 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yee"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-14"
last_action: "2013-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e764640-d940-46cb-9f4d-d052d8da0204"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB286"
source_hash: "ab3a4f48bc208587ceeb86826e3123d93d88dc5c300e4e736385e82da04a7258"
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 SB 286 (20132014) — Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes.

Existing federal law, until September 30, 2017, authorizes a state to allow specified labeled vehicles to use lanes designated for high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs) .

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB286&version=20130SB28699INT)
2. **03/18/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB286&version=20130SB28698AMD)
3. **06/11/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB286&version=20130SB28697AMD)
4. **06/24/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB286&version=20130SB28696AMD)
5. **08/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB286&version=20130SB28695AMD)
6. **08/22/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB286&version=20130SB28694AMD)
7. **09/28/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB286&version=20130SB28692CHP)
8. **SB286** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB286)
9. **09/06/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB286&version=20130SB28693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB286 Yee Concurrence — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 286 Senate Third Reading By BLOOM — **69–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Yee — primary (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Pavley — author (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-07** Set for hearing April 2.
- **2013-03-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 391.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2013-04-15** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 674.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-20** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-06-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-05** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Page 2670.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 5. Page 2830.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2134.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2013-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 414, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e764640-d940-46cb-9f4d-d052d8da0204`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).