Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation is in full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law generally provides for the California Transportation Commission to program available funding for transportation capital projects, other than state highway rehabilitation projects, through the State Transportation Improvement Program, which includes projects recommended by regional transportation planning agencies through the adoption of a regional transportation improvement program and projects recommended by the department through the adoption of an interregional transportation improvement program, as specified.
California AB 2542 (20152016) — Streets and highways: reversible lanes.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation is in full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law generally provides for the California Transportation Commission to program available funding for transportation capital projects, other than state highway rehabilitation projects, through the State Transportation Improvement Program, which includes projects recommended by regional transportation planning agencies through the adoption of a regional transportation improvement program and projects recommended by the department through the adoption of an interregional transportation improvement program, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 20–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent AB2542 Gatto By Hertzberg — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2542 GATTO Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gatto — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-02-19 Introduced. To print. introduction
2016-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2016-02-22 Read first time. reading-1
2016-03-14 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2016-03-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-03-16 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2016-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4788.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-19 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2016-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-27 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-08-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-11 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5139.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2016-08-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2016-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 525, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abfb36a6-6240-4fd8-a05b-f8f8eeb2d094. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).