--- type: "Bill" title: "Transportation projects: Class III bikeways: prohibition." description: "(1) Existing law establishes 4 classifications of bikeways and defines a \"Class III bikeway\" as a bikeway that provides a right-of-way on-street or off-street, designated by signs or permanent markings and shared with pedestrians and motorists." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 1216" citation: "California SB 1216 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Class III bikeways", "Transportation projects", "prohibition"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Blakespear"] version_count: 7 action_count: 26 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-02-15" last_action: "2024-09-27" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa783b0b-5288-489c-b012-b773dc4742fb" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1216" source_hash: "6b80a4b5627d8f36c098f7f5290d81166646da33c786c10ca059f403cb5799ce" 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 1216 (20232024) — Transportation projects: Class III bikeways: prohibition. (1) Existing law establishes 4 classifications of bikeways and defines a "Class III bikeway" as a bikeway that provides a right-of-way on-street or off-street, designated by signs or permanent markings and shared with pedestrians and motorists. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1216&version=20230SB121699INT) 2. **04/16/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1216&version=20230SB121698AMD) 3. **07/03/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1216&version=20230SB121697AMD) 4. **08/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1216&version=20230SB121696AMD) 5. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1216&version=20230SB121694CHP) 6. **SB1216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1216) 7. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1216&version=20230SB121695ENR) ## Votes - SB 1216 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Bryan — **54–18** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–4** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB1216 Blakespear Concurrence — **31–8** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **30–9** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–4** (pass) · lower - Do pass. — **10–4** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Blakespear — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2024-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17. - **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-14** Set for hearing April 9. - **2024-04-02** April 9 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2024-04-03** Set for hearing April 23. - **2024-04-16** 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` - **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4. Page 3732.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6. - **2024-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 4096.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2024-05-28** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (July 1). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2024-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (August 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-22** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-22** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 6689.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5649.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 788, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa783b0b-5288-489c-b012-b773dc4742fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).