republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-574.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes."
description: "High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 574"
citation: "California AB 574 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torrico"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-21"
last_action: "2007-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1f70836-8e55-4a43-99fb-b02df5efdf20"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574"
source_hash: "8db5be0dada34c37f61beb7b014a3d5874a3b40d1c07e82bc00fc42a7531d642"
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 574 (20072008) — High-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574&version=20070AB57499INT)
2. **04/18/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574&version=20070AB57498AMD)
3. **04/30/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574&version=20070AB57497AMD)
4. **05/29/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574&version=20070AB57496AMD)
5. **06/27/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574&version=20070AB57495AMD)
6. **07/17/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574&version=20070AB57494AMD)
7. **08/20/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574&version=20070AB57493AMD)
8. **08/28/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574&version=20070AB57492AMD)
9. **09/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574&version=20070AB57491AMD)
10. **10/11/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574&version=20070AB57489CHP)
11. **AB574** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574)
12. **09/19/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB574&version=20070AB57490ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB574 Torrico By Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 574 TORRICO Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 574 Torrico Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Torrico — primary (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2007-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1845.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-07-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-08-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 2516.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 3304.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 498, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1f70836-8e55-4a43-99fb-b02df5efdf20`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).