---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bicycle safety: rear lights."
description: "Existing law requires that a bicycle operated during darkness upon a highway, a sidewalk where bicycle operation is not prohibited by the local jurisdiction, or a bikeway, as defined, be equipped with a red reflector on the rear that is visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. A violation of this requirement is an infraction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 28"
citation: "California AB 28 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bicycle safety: rear lights."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2014-12-01"
last_action: "2015-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91ca41d7-905f-4360-b31d-1f9218d23aac"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB28"
source_hash: "9e1a2dd0345b01abde4e73168034aed3a7287dbf03086fb3246bcdd548ae6b4f"
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 28 (20152016) — Bicycle safety: rear lights.

Existing law requires that a bicycle operated during darkness upon a highway, a sidewalk where bicycle operation is not prohibited by the local jurisdiction, or a bikeway, as defined, be equipped with a red reflector on the rear that is visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful upper beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. A violation of this requirement is an infraction.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/01/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB28&version=20150AB2899INT)
2. **02/11/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB28&version=20150AB2898AMD)
3. **04/22/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB28&version=20150AB2897AMD)
4. **08/31/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB28&version=20150AB2896AMD)
5. **10/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB28&version=20150AB2894CHP)
6. **AB28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB28)
7. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB28&version=20150AB2895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 28 CHU Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB28 Chu By Beall — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 28 CHU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-12-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-12-02** From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
- **2015-01-16** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-02-11** 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`
- **2015-02-12** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-04-22** 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`
- **2015-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1447.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2408.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-03** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2859.)
- **2015-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2864.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 549, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91ca41d7-905f-4360-b31d-1f9218d23aac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).