republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2707.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: length limitations: buses: bicycle transportation devices."
description: "Existing law imposes a 40-foot limitation on the length of vehicles that may be operated on the highways, with specified exemptions. Existing law exempts from this limitation a bus, except a schoolbus, operated by a public agency or a passenger stage corporation, as defined, used in transit system service if the bus is equipped with a folding device attached to the front of the bus that is designed and used exclusively for transporting bicycles, that device does not materially affect efficiency or visibility of vehicle safety equipment, and the length of the bus, exclusive of that device, does not exceed 40 feet in length. In addition, existing law prohibits the above-described device from extending more than 36 inches from the front body of the bus when fully deployed, and prohibits a bicycle that is transported on that device from having the bicycle handlebars extend more than 42 inches from the front of the bus."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2707"
citation: "California AB 2707 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: length limitations: buses: bicycle transportation devices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chau"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dfa511a-5581-43d4-b3e9-48d0d1f4e7b6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2707"
source_hash: "1b16f4e6811a7923f0e45739127d34f043e7fdfe080ea4e8cad0aae93b2e63c6"
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 2707 (20132014) — Vehicles: length limitations: buses: bicycle transportation devices.

Existing law imposes a 40-foot limitation on the length of vehicles that may be operated on the highways, with specified exemptions. Existing law exempts from this limitation a bus, except a schoolbus, operated by a public agency or a passenger stage corporation, as defined, used in transit system service if the bus is equipped with a folding device attached to the front of the bus that is designed and used exclusively for transporting bicycles, that device does not materially affect efficiency or visibility of vehicle safety equipment, and the length of the bus, exclusive of that device, does not exceed 40 feet in length. In addition, existing law prohibits the above-described device from extending more than 36 inches from the front body of the bus when fully deployed, and prohibits a bicycle that is transported on that device from having the bicycle handlebars extend more than 42 inches from the front of the bus.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2707&version=20130AB270799INT)
2. **03/11/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2707&version=20130AB270798AMD)
3. **04/03/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2707&version=20130AB270797AMD)
4. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2707&version=20130AB270796AMD)
5. **05/22/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2707&version=20130AB270795AMD)
6. **09/09/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2707&version=20130AB270793CHP)
7. **AB2707** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2707)
8. **08/21/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2707&version=20130AB270794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2707 Chau By DeSaulnier — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2707 CHAU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2707 CHAU Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chau — primary (person)
- Chávez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-10** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-11** 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`
- **2014-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** 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`
- **2014-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-04-21** 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`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4714.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-22** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4191.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-07-03** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2014-07-03** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2014-08-18** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2014-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-19** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6181.)
- **2014-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6191.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 310, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9dfa511a-5581-43d4-b3e9-48d0d1f4e7b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).