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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20092010	AB 1500	California AB 1500 (20092010)	bill	High-occupancy lanes: single occupancy vehicles: sunset date.	enacted	Lieu	8	30	7	2009-02-27	2010-07-06	openstates	ocd-bill/92193bec-a739-45a6-97a4-2d9cefa8dc09	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1500	9f8f6de02b0910444cd1e126e384673f26c234656bff29c8a30a04ab3c81f369	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 04/29/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/26/10 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/02/09 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/06/10 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/14/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1500 (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/22/10 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/92193bec-a739-45a6-97a4-2d9cefa8dc09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).