--- type: "Bill" title: "Vehicles: stopping, standing, and parking." description: "Existing law prohibits a person from stopping, parking, or leaving standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic control device, in designated places, including, among other places, within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station. A violation of this provision is subject to a civil penalty." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "AB 2491" citation: "California AB 2491 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vehicles: stopping", "standing", "and parking."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"] version_count: 8 action_count: 32 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2016-02-19" last_action: "2016-09-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c9cb6b0-e5a3-450e-83b7-a03f9d6a93cf" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2491" source_hash: "197c17eaa2a3c0f705d88810c6aa81813d76cea25f531ab0667a0ff907d8247c" 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 2491 (20152016) — Vehicles: stopping, standing, and parking. Existing law prohibits a person from stopping, parking, or leaving standing any vehicle whether attended or unattended, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a peace officer or official traffic control device, in designated places, including, among other places, within 15 feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station. A violation of this provision is subject to a civil penalty. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2491&version=20150AB249199INT) 2. **04/20/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2491&version=20150AB249198AMD) 3. **06/13/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2491&version=20150AB249197AMD) 4. **08/08/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2491&version=20150AB249196AMD) 5. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2491&version=20150AB249195AMD) 6. **09/14/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2491&version=20150AB249193CHP) 7. **AB2491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2491) 8. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2491&version=20150AB249194ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2491 NAZARIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB2491 Nazarian By Allen — **39–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2491 NAZARIAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB2491 Nazarian By Allen — **38–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Nazarian — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction` - **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22. - **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2016-03-08** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2016-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2016-04-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4592.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2016-06-13** 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` - **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-06-30** From Consent Calendar. - **2016-06-30** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4980.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2016-08-18** Ordered to the Senate. - **2016-08-19** In Senate. Held at Desk. - **2016-08-19** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage` - **2016-08-19** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5299.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6345.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m. - **2016-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 358, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c9cb6b0-e5a3-450e-83b7-a03f9d6a93cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).