---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: buses: axle weight."
description: "Existing law, operative January 1, 2016, provides that the gross weight on any one axle of a bus shall not exceed 20,500 pounds. Existing law exempts from this limitation a transit bus procured through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was issued before January 1, 2013. A violation of this provision is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1250"
citation: "California AB 1250 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: buses: axle weight."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd244143-5173-40da-b366-1b75244272c8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1250"
source_hash: "6681fa992173312a85e6cbd3f297c63a87e130db8a4c2b0c09e5bebe9770b180"
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 1250 (20152016) — Vehicles: buses: axle weight.

Existing law, operative January 1, 2016, provides that the gross weight on any one axle of a bus shall not exceed 20,500 pounds. Existing law exempts from this limitation a transit bus procured through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was issued before January 1, 2013. A violation of this provision is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1250&version=20150AB125099INT)
2. **03/19/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1250&version=20150AB125098AMD)
3. **07/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1250&version=20150AB125097AMD)
4. **09/04/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1250&version=20150AB125096AMD)
5. **09/09/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1250&version=20150AB125095AMD)
6. **10/04/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1250&version=20150AB125093CHP)
7. **AB1250** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1250)
8. **09/16/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1250&version=20150AB125094ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1250 BLOOM Consent Calendar Second Day — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1250 Bloom By Beall — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1250 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- That the measure be returned to Senate Floor for consideration. Ordered to third reading. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bloom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1016.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-06** 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. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-08** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b) . `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-08** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on T. & H. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(b). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2015-09-09** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 27. Noes 6. Page 2646.)
- **2015-09-09** 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. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-10** From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 10). `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2742.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2015-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2015-09-11** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3169.)
- **2015-09-11** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 11). `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-11** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3198.)
- **2015-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3201.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2015-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 484, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd244143-5173-40da-b366-1b75244272c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).