Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, to establish and administer a "Safe Routes to School" program for construction of bicycle and pedestrian safety and traffic calming projects, and to award grants to local agencies in that regard from available federal and state funds, based on the results of a statewide competition. Existing law sets forth various factors to be used to rate proposals submitted by applicants for these funds.
California AB 1915 (20112012) — Safe routes to school.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, to establish and administer a "Safe Routes to School" program for construction of bicycle and pedestrian safety and traffic calming projects, and to award grants to local agencies in that regard from available federal and state funds, based on the results of a statewide competition. Existing law sets forth various factors to be used to rate proposals submitted by applicants for these funds.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1915 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1915 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Be referred to Committee on Transportation. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Alejo — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2012-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2012-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2012-03-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2012-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2012-04-16 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on TRANS. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, committee-passage
2012-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4823.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-14 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2012-06-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2012-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4703.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2012-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6307.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:45 p.m.
2012-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 640, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/98238365-e32b-4e1a-8b99-1b73190ba380. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).