republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-751.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Freeway construction."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to enter into an agreement prior to any closure of a city street or county highway due to construction of a freeway with a city council or board of supervisors having jurisdiction. Existing law provides an exception to those provisions for a freeway segment within the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, if specified requirements have been met, including that an agreement with one or more counties and cities is not possible because an impasse has existed for 10 or more years after an initial route was adopted. Existing law requires the department to prepare an environmental impact report and establish an outreach program, as specified, for any freeway constructed pursuant to this exception."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 751"
citation: "California AB 751 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Freeway construction."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedillo"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fad67c4-9772-4a0b-a88a-187d158390b3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB751"
source_hash: "4ddf0158f9062c757881b16cef1c79e0bb20d65f8a822cb0dd52d09cb2c35022"
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 751 (20112012) — Freeway construction.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to enter into an agreement prior to any closure of a city street or county highway due to construction of a freeway with a city council or board of supervisors having jurisdiction. Existing law provides an exception to those provisions for a freeway segment within the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, if specified requirements have been met, including that an agreement with one or more counties and cities is not possible because an impasse has existed for 10 or more years after an initial route was adopted. Existing law requires the department to prepare an environmental impact report and establish an outreach program, as specified, for any freeway constructed pursuant to this exception.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB751&version=20110AB75199INT)
2. **04/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB751&version=20110AB75198AMD)
3. **06/28/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB751&version=20110AB75197AMD)
4. **07/13/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB751&version=20110AB75196AMD)
5. **10/03/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB751&version=20110AB75194CHP)
6. **AB751** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB751)
7. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB751&version=20110AB75195ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB751 Cedillo By Huff Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- AB 751 CEDILLO Concurrence - Urgency Added — **64–9** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 751 FURUTANI Assembly Third Reading — **49–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cedillo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 1473.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-07-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-08-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-08-15** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2166.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-02** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 9. Page 2857.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2011-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 439, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1fad67c4-9772-4a0b-a88a-187d158390b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).