--- type: "Bill" title: "State Highway Route 164: relinquishment." description: "Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local agencies." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 461" citation: "California SB 461 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["State Highway Route 164: relinquishment."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"] version_count: 7 action_count: 27 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2015-02-25" last_action: "2015-10-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0ffdc4c-c760-4830-9931-0e13a1404a3a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB461" source_hash: "4555f164e963492bac6f5f814892bc2d6429baf8483950057e50aab0c791b9ab" 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 461 (20152016) — State Highway Route 164: relinquishment. Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local agencies. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB461&version=20150SB46199INT) 2. **04/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB461&version=20150SB46198AMD) 3. **07/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB461&version=20150SB46197AMD) 4. **07/08/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB461&version=20150SB46196AMD) 5. **10/07/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB461&version=20150SB46194CHP) 6. **SB461** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB461) 7. **09/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB461&version=20150SB46195ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB461 Hernandez Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - SB 461 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By CALDERON — **80–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Hernandez — primary (person) - Chau — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-25** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2015-02-26** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 28. - **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-14** Set for hearing April 21. - **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 731.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4. - **2015-05-04** May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28. - **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1154.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1245.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2015-07-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2015-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2695.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2369.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m. - **2015-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 575, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0ffdc4c-c760-4830-9931-0e13a1404a3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).