Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to authorize the placement of vending machines in safety roadside rests, except as specified, and requires the department to give preference in the placement of those vending machines to vendors operating under the Business Enterprises Program for the Blind. Existing law requires the department to determine the costs for specified activities, including any maintenance and operation, related to the vending machines and requires that the department be reimbursed for those costs from the revenues derived from the operation of the machines.
California AB 1353 (20152016) — Highway rest areas: vending machines: utility costs.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to authorize the placement of vending machines in safety roadside rests, except as specified, and requires the department to give preference in the placement of those vending machines to vendors operating under the Business Enterprises Program for the Blind. Existing law requires the department to determine the costs for specified activities, including any maintenance and operation, related to the vending machines and requires that the department be reimbursed for those costs from the revenues derived from the operation of the machines.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1353 PATTERSON Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #5 — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Patterson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To print. introduction
2015-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-23 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2015-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-22 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1729.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2015-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-07-13 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2015-07-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1987.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-07-16 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2015-08-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2015-08-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-08-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 173, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78499964-cae8-4204-b523-8f068d1db7e2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).