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Bill	Vehicles: transit bus weight.	(1) Under existing law, the gross weight imposed upon the highway by the wheels on any one axle of a vehicle is prohibited from exceeding 18,000 pounds, except the gross weight on any one axle of a bus is prohibited from exceeding 20,500 pounds. A violation of these requirements is a crime.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1706	California AB 1706 (20112012)	bill	Vehicles: transit bus weight.	enacted	Eng	10	30	7	2012-02-15	2012-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/92f7bcb3-89b1-4536-b9ca-495bf63a9922	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1706	fbef52bd73b74fadf57f9bcc2a7673d25a344a8028142503fa5c24f3f78259af	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1706 (20112012) — Vehicles: transit bus weight.

(1) Under existing law, the gross weight imposed upon the highway by the wheels on any one axle of a vehicle is prohibited from exceeding 18,000 pounds, except the gross weight on any one axle of a bus is prohibited from exceeding 20,500 pounds. A violation of these requirements is a crime.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/17/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/30/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/25/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/26/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/06/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/21/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/29/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB1706 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/06/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1706 Eng By DeSaulnier — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1706 ENG Assembly Third Reading — 64–8 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 1706 ENG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 67–11 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eng — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2012-02-23 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2012-04-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-04-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2012-04-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-30 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-05-16 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 8. Page 5187.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-06-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-14 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2012-06-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-08-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2012-08-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-21 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4747.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
• 2012-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 11. Page 6410.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:10 p.m.
• 2012-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 771, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92f7bcb3-89b1-4536-b9ca-495bf63a9922. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).