---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes."
description: "Existing federal law authorizes, until September 30, 2017, a state to allow specified labeled vehicles to use lanes designated for high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs) ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1721"
citation: "California AB 1721 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linder"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-13"
last_action: "2014-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16bf7f7e-ea8b-45bd-a7e7-5438834ed90d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1721"
source_hash: "336b014eea3f820fa2bf43190640de99ec3f1f487e31585a402a3e1a2194c5b8"
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 1721 (20132014) — Vehicles: high-occupancy vehicle lanes.

Existing federal law authorizes, until September 30, 2017, a state to allow specified labeled vehicles to use lanes designated for high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs) .

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1721&version=20130AB172199INT)
2. **04/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1721&version=20130AB172198AMD)
3. **08/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1721&version=20130AB172197AMD)
4. **09/21/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1721&version=20130AB172195CHP)
5. **AB1721** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1721)
6. **08/15/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1721&version=20130AB172196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1721 LINDER Assembly Third Reading — **72–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1721 Linder By Roth — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1721 LINDER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Linder — primary (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2014-02-27** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 4710.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-16** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Roth.
- **2014-08-06** From inactive file.
- **2014-08-06** Ordered to second reading.
- **2014-08-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4412.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 6042.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 526, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16bf7f7e-ea8b-45bd-a7e7-5438834ed90d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).