---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: bicycle omnibus bill."
description: "Existing law generally regulates the operation of bicycles upon a highway. A violation of these provisions, generally, is punishable as an infraction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1909"
citation: "California AB 1909 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: bicycle omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-09"
last_action: "2022-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b2d1a75-ed2f-4d57-a9b7-cf39b815fce3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1909"
source_hash: "4c38c29a1bbce759bbdeefafd116e8693c58dbfe92b7803b1f9ca7aa1da2348c"
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 1909 (20212022) — Vehicles: bicycle omnibus bill.

Existing law generally regulates the operation of bicycles upon a highway. A violation of these provisions, generally, is punishable as an infraction.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1909&version=20210AB190999INT)
2. **03/21/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1909&version=20210AB190998AMD)
3. **06/30/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1909&version=20210AB190997AMD)
4. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1909&version=20210AB190996AMD)
5. **09/16/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1909&version=20210AB190994CHP)
6. **AB1909** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1909)
7. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1909&version=20210AB190995ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1909 Friedman et al. By Portantino — **32–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1909 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — **53–12** (pass) · lower
- AB 1909 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Friedman — primary (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 12. Page 4510.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-11** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 4955.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-23** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
- **2022-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 6064.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 343, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b2d1a75-ed2f-4d57-a9b7-cf39b815fce3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).