--- type: "Bill" title: "Vehicles: public transit bus lanes." description: "Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to stop or park a motor vehicle in specified places, including an area designated as a fire lane by the fire department or fire district, as specified. A violation of these provisions is an infraction." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 998" citation: "California SB 998 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Vehicles: public transit bus lanes."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"] version_count: 7 action_count: 28 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2016-02-10" last_action: "2016-09-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c171d00-dac6-476b-b71e-f7586e022b2a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB998" source_hash: "11a147d77507249b8e381088181b2b0a3c2e0e37e977f87267d465d918e6ea6d" 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 998 (20152016) — Vehicles: public transit bus lanes. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to stop or park a motor vehicle in specified places, including an area designated as a fire lane by the fire department or fire district, as specified. A violation of these provisions is an infraction. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/10/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB998&version=20150SB99899INT) 2. **04/06/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB998&version=20150SB99898AMD) 3. **05/03/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB998&version=20150SB99897AMD) 4. **08/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB998&version=20150SB99896AMD) 5. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB998&version=20150SB99894CHP) 6. **SB998** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB998) 7. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB998&version=20150SB99895ENR) ## Votes - SB 998 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By LOW — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Wieckowski — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2016-02-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2016-02-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12. - **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee` - **2016-03-24** Set for hearing April 19. - **2016-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2016-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3615.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-04-22** Set for hearing May 2. - **2016-05-02** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, reading-2, amendment-passage` - **2016-05-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3807.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2016-05-16** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2016-06-06** June 13 hearing postponed by committee. - **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2016-08-08** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon. - **2016-08-08** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-11** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-11** Ordered to third reading. - **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5896.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2016-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2016-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5429.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2016-08-31** (Corrected August 29). - **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 716, Statutes of 2016. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c171d00-dac6-476b-b71e-f7586e022b2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).