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Bill Highway workers: assault and battery. Existing law establishes the offense of assault against a highway worker engaged in the performance of his or her duties, where "highway worker" is defined as an employee or contractor of the Department of Transportation engaged in specified activities related to state highways. us/states/ca California Legislature 20092010 AB 561 California AB 561 (20092010)
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Highway workers: assault and battery.
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California AB 561 (20092010) — Highway workers: assault and battery.

Existing law establishes the offense of assault against a highway worker engaged in the performance of his or her duties, where "highway worker" is defined as an employee or contractor of the Department of Transportation engaged in specified activities related to state highways.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/25/09 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 06/16/09 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 08/06/09 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  4. AB561 (committee substitute) — source
  5. 07/15/09 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • AB 561 CARTER Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — pass (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — pass (pass) · lower
  • Special Consent #12 AB561 Carter — pass (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
  • AB 561 CARTER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Carter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2009-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2009-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
  • 2009-03-12 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2009-04-01 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 31). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2009-04-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2009-04-27 Read second time. To Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2009-05-04 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1240.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2009-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2009-05-14 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
  • 2009-06-15 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
  • 2009-06-16 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2009-06-29 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
  • 2009-06-30 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2009-07-02 Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
  • 2009-07-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1666.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2009-07-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2009-07-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2471.) amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2009-07-30 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
  • 2009-08-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2009-08-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 116, Statutes of 2009.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7cc28864-3e0c-4202-94b3-da7d079ae332. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).