--- type: "Bill" title: "Transportation: omnibus bill." description: "(1) Existing law generally regulates the operation of a bicycle, including, among other things, providing that a person operating a bicycle on the highway has all the rights and is subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a vehicle. These provisions also apply to a pedicab, defined, among other things, as a bicycle with 3 or more wheels that is capable of transporting passengers on seats attached to the bicycle, that is operated by a person, and that is being used for transporting passengers for hire. Existing law defines a bicycle, for purposes of these provisions, as a device having one or more wheels upon which a person may ride that is propelled exclusively by human power, as specified. A violation of the provisions regulating the operation of a bicycle or pedicab is an infraction." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 814" citation: "California SB 814 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Transportation: omnibus bill."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Transportation"] version_count: 5 action_count: 22 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2021-03-02" last_action: "2021-09-24" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc409ec0-c867-4ffc-9fb1-494bb7b44270" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB814" source_hash: "5539364f7621bd62a8d8c3894197e6a7d181889c171a263c860ddbd28cc8dbfd" 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 814 (20212022) — Transportation: omnibus bill. (1) Existing law generally regulates the operation of a bicycle, including, among other things, providing that a person operating a bicycle on the highway has all the rights and is subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a vehicle. These provisions also apply to a pedicab, defined, among other things, as a bicycle with 3 or more wheels that is capable of transporting passengers on seats attached to the bicycle, that is operated by a person, and that is being used for transporting passengers for hire. Existing law defines a bicycle, for purposes of these provisions, as a device having one or more wheels upon which a person may ride that is propelled exclusively by human power, as specified. A violation of the provisions regulating the operation of a bicycle or pedicab is an infraction. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **03/02/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB814&version=20210SB81499INT) 2. **04/19/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB814&version=20210SB81498AMD) 3. **09/24/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB814&version=20210SB81496CHP) 4. **SB814** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB814) 5. **08/20/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB814&version=20210SB81497ENR) ## Votes - SB 814 TRANS. Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar SB814 TRANS. — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Committee on Transportation — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-03-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2021-03-02** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 22, 2021, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement. - **2021-03-03** From printer. - **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2021-04-16** Set for hearing April 27. - **2021-04-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2021-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 943.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-04-30** Set for hearing May 10. - **2021-05-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2021-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-05-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1094.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-05-13** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-05-20** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-06-25** June 30 hearing postponed by committee. - **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-07-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-08-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2439.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-08-19** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2021-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m. - **2021-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2021-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 311, Statutes of 2021. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc409ec0-c867-4ffc-9fb1-494bb7b44270`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).