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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vehicles: tow truck assistance."
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description: "Existing law prohibits a person from stopping, parking, or leaving standing any vehicle upon a freeway that has full control of access and no crossing at grade except when necessary for the purpose of rapid removal of impediments to traffic by the owner or operator of a tow truck operating under an agreement with the Department of the California Highway Patrol."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 198"
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citation: "California AB 198 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vehicles: tow truck assistance."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Frazier"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2015-01-28"
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last_action: "2015-06-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d86f2614-2a76-4d84-bdc7-f8aec62ba776"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB198"
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source_hash: "2ca2bf6e1bd86bdbf5b0b2dd4d52adc9cd7b26dd836cc4012eb3a91907a0b686"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 198 (20152016) — Vehicles: tow truck assistance.
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Existing law prohibits a person from stopping, parking, or leaving standing any vehicle upon a freeway that has full control of access and no crossing at grade except when necessary for the purpose of rapid removal of impediments to traffic by the owner or operator of a tow truck operating under an agreement with the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/28/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB198&version=20150AB19899INT)
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2. **05/11/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB198&version=20150AB19898AMD)
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3. **06/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB198&version=20150AB19897AMD)
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4. **06/30/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB198&version=20150AB19895CHP)
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5. **AB198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB198)
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6. **06/23/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB198&version=20150AB19896ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 198 FRAZIER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 198 FRAZIER Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Frazier — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-01-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-01-29** From printer. May be heard in committee February 28.
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- **2015-02-09** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-03-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-03-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-03-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 713.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-03-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-05-11** 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`
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- **2015-06-02** 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`
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- **2015-06-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1490.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2015-06-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2083.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2015-06-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-06-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 30, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d86f2614-2a76-4d84-bdc7-f8aec62ba776`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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