Existing law gives the Department of Transportation full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish to local agencies state highway segments that have been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment or have been superseded by relocation, and in certain other cases.
California AB 1500 (20152016) — State highways: relinquishment: Route 75.
Existing law gives the Department of Transportation full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish to local agencies state highway segments that have been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment or have been superseded by relocation, and in certain other cases.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1500 MAIENSCHEIN Assembly Third Reading — 77–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1500 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Atkins — primary (person)
Maienschein — coauthor (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
2015-03-26 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and NAT. RES. referral-committee
2015-04-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 15). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-16 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2015-04-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
2016-01-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-01-04 Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. referral-committee
2016-01-12 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 11). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-01-13 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-01-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2016-01-15 Withdrawn from committee.
2016-01-15 Ordered to second reading.
2016-01-15 (Page 3426.)
2016-01-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-01-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 3498.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-01-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-02-04 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2016-06-09 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-06-21 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5023.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-16 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6052.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2016-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 398, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6c9467e0-c856-4050-a68a-e162f751ee70. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).