Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with county and city governments, to establish minimum safety design criteria for the planning and construction of bikeways, and authorizes cities, counties, and local agencies to establish bikeways. Existing law requires all city, county, regional, and other local agencies responsible for the development or operation of bikeways or roadways where bicycle travel is permitted to utilize all minimum safety design criteria and uniform specifications and symbols for signs, markers, and traffic control devices established pursuant to specified provisions of existing law.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, in cooperation with county and city governments, to establish minimum safety design criteria for the planning and construction of bikeways, and authorizes cities, counties, and local agencies to establish bikeways. Existing law requires all city, county, regional, and other local agencies responsible for the development or operation of bikeways or roadways where bicycle travel is permitted to utilize all minimum safety design criteria and uniform specifications and symbols for signs, markers, and traffic control devices established pursuant to specified provisions of existing law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 819 WIECKOWSKI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 55–23 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wieckowski — 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.
2011-03-31 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2011-03-31 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
2011-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2012-01-04 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
2012-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2012-01-10 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (January 9). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-01-11 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-01-12 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2012-01-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2012-01-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (January 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-01-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-01-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 3594.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-01-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2012-02-16 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2012-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2012-05-08 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
2012-05-25 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2012-06-12 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2012-07-06 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
2012-08-13 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-08-14 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2012-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 5. Page 4584.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2012-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 55. Noes 23. Page 6094.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2012-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2012-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 716, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/602d0514-c354-4538-aea1-3dcf2ff5bf65. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).