--- type: "Bill" title: "High-occupancy lanes: single occupancy vehicles: sunset date." description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to designate certain lanes for the exclusive use of high-occupancy vehicles (HOV) , which lanes may also be used, until January 1, 2011, by certain low-emission and hybrid vehicles not carrying the requisite number of passengers otherwise required for the use of an HOV lane if the vehicle displays a valid identifier issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law, until January 1, 2011, makes it a misdemeanor to illegally use a decal, label, or other identifiers issued by the department." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20092010" identifier: "AB 1500" citation: "California AB 1500 (20092010)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["High-occupancy lanes: single occupancy vehicles: sunset date."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"] version_count: 8 action_count: 30 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2009-02-27" last_action: "2010-07-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92193bec-a739-45a6-97a4-2d9cefa8dc09" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1500" source_hash: "9f8f6de02b0910444cd1e126e384673f26c234656bff29c8a30a04ab3c81f369" 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 1500 (20092010) — High-occupancy lanes: single occupancy vehicles: sunset date. (1) Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to designate certain lanes for the exclusive use of high-occupancy vehicles (HOV) , which lanes may also be used, until January 1, 2011, by certain low-emission and hybrid vehicles not carrying the requisite number of passengers otherwise required for the use of an HOV lane if the vehicle displays a valid identifier issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. Existing law, until January 1, 2011, makes it a misdemeanor to illegally use a decal, label, or other identifiers issued by the department. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1500&version=20090AB150099INT) 2. **04/29/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1500&version=20090AB150098AMD) 3. **05/26/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1500&version=20090AB150095AMD) 4. **06/02/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1500&version=20090AB150097AMD) 5. **07/06/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1500&version=20090AB150093CHP) 6. **07/14/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1500&version=20090AB150096AMD) 7. **AB1500** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1500) 8. **06/22/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1500&version=20090AB150094ENR) ## Votes - AB 1500 LIEU Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Assembly 3rd Reading AB1500 Lieu By Florez — **pass** (pass) · upper - AB 1500 LIEU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower - AB 1500 LIEU Assembly Third Reading Amend By LIEU Set #1 — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Lieu — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction` - **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30. - **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2009-04-02** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2009-04-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 5.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2009-04-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2009-05-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (May 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2009-05-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-06-02** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 1924.). `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2009-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 2053.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2009-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee` - **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2009-07-13** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 7). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage` - **2009-07-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage` - **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2009-09-11** To inactive file on motion of Senator Florez. - **2010-05-26** From inactive file. - **2010-05-26** To second reading. - **2010-05-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2010-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2010-06-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 8. Page 3943.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2010-06-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2010-06-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 46. Noes 27. Page 5745.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2010-06-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m. - **2010-07-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2010-07-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 37, Statutes of 2010. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92193bec-a739-45a6-97a4-2d9cefa8dc09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).