---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pedestrian crossing signals."
description: "Under existing law, a pedestrian facing a \"WALK\" or approved \"Walking Person\" symbol may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal. Existing law makes a violation of this provision a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 390"
citation: "California AB 390 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pedestrian crossing signals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29fbf622-6973-4924-880f-d07c3fa42361"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB390"
source_hash: "abb06bf52cc6406d7ce35641f5e614089d4e7cd0c7840217af8a9bc1be4318c3"
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 390 (20172018) — Pedestrian crossing signals.

Under existing law, a pedestrian facing a "WALK" or approved "Walking Person" symbol may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal. Existing law makes a violation of this provision a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB390&version=20170AB39099INT)
2. **06/12/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB390&version=20170AB39098AMD)
3. **07/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB390&version=20170AB39097AMD)
4. **10/02/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB390&version=20170AB39095CHP)
5. **AB390** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB390)
6. **09/13/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB390&version=20170AB39096ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 390 SANTIAGO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 390 SANTIAGO Assembly Third Reading — **76–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB390 Santiago et al. By Beall — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Santiago — primary (person)
- Ting — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-17** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-04-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 1482.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-24** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-12** 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. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-08-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-08-28** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2580.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3129.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 402, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29fbf622-6973-4924-880f-d07c3fa42361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).