Existing law requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to regulate the safe operation of tour buses, as defined, and requires the department to adopt rules and regulations relating to the equipment and maintenance of tour buses. At least once every 13 months, existing law requires the department to inspect every maintenance facility or terminal of any person who at any time operates any bus, including a tour bus, and makes it unlawful for any person to operate a bus without this inspection having been conducted. In addition to the systematic inspection required of all motor carriers, existing law requires tour bus operators to require each tour bus to be inspected at least every 45 days, or more often if necessary to ensure safe operation.
California AB 1677 (20152016) — Vehicles: tour buses: safety inspections.
Existing law requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to regulate the safe operation of tour buses, as defined, and requires the department to adopt rules and regulations relating to the equipment and maintenance of tour buses. At least once every 13 months, existing law requires the department to inspect every maintenance facility or terminal of any person who at any time operates any bus, including a tour bus, and makes it unlawful for any person to operate a bus without this inspection having been conducted. In addition to the systematic inspection required of all motor carriers, existing law requires tour bus operators to require each tour bus to be inspected at least every 45 days, or more often if necessary to ensure safe operation.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1677 Ting By Hill — 26–12 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–3 (pass) · upper
AB 1677 TING Assembly Third Reading — 52–26 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 14–6 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ting — primary (person)
Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
Hill — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-01-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2016-01-20 From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.
2016-02-04 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2016-04-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Held without recommendation.
2016-04-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 18). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2016-05-11 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-05-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-05-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 5210.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-06-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-06-09 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 4961.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-16 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 685, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7f523dc-b841-424b-a2a7-35f4173dc330. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).