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Bill	Vehicles: bicycles: passing distance.	Under existing law, a driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle or a bicycle proceeding in the same direction is required to pass to the left at a safe distance without interfering with the safe operation of the overtaken vehicle or bicycle, subject to certain limitations and exceptions. A violation of this provision is an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding $100 for a first conviction, and up to a $250 fine for a 3rd and subsequent conviction occurring within one year of 2 or more prior infractions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 1371	California AB 1371 (20132014)	bill	Vehicles: bicycles: passing distance.	enacted	Bradford	9	28	6	2013-02-22	2013-09-23	openstates	ocd-bill/3da23405-35fe-4a27-8dfc-5709995423b2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1371	4a677a1f5aa484590ec252e24d01775d383c868c4a5464b2555f3e5225125957	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1371 (20132014) — Vehicles: bicycles: passing distance.

Under existing law, a driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle or a bicycle proceeding in the same direction is required to pass to the left at a safe distance without interfering with the safe operation of the overtaken vehicle or bicycle, subject to certain limitations and exceptions. A violation of this provision is an infraction punishable by a fine not exceeding $100 for a first conviction, and up to a $250 fine for a 3rd and subsequent conviction occurring within one year of 2 or more prior infractions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/08/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/24/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/26/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/20/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/23/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB1371 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/05/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1371 BRADFORD Assembly Third Reading — 52–20 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1371 Bradford By DeSaulnier — 31–7 (pass) · upper
• AB 1371 BRADFORD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–24 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 12–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bradford — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-21 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-24 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-25 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 20. Page 1468.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-29 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2013-06-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-06-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-07-11 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-08-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 1988.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 2789.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2013-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 331, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3da23405-35fe-4a27-8dfc-5709995423b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).