republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-400.md

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Bill	Department of Transportation: changeable message signs.	Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law, the Outdoor Advertising Act, provides for the regulation by the department of advertising displays, as defined, within view of public highways. Existing law also authorizes the department to install and maintain information signs along state highways.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 400	California AB 400 (20152016)	bill	Department of Transportation: changeable message signs.	enacted	Alejo	7	23	6	2015-02-19	2015-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/4e5b7df6-b49b-4680-8e02-afcabd7e59fe	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB400	4fd3f91c5c0984e668ab79b7735e198dea9b6deb38233ac90d14e2a52fb78657	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 400 (20152016) — Department of Transportation: changeable message signs.

Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law, the Outdoor Advertising Act, provides for the regulation by the department of advertising displays, as defined, within view of public highways. Existing law also authorizes the department to install and maintain information signs along state highways.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/19/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/17/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/31/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/09/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB400 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/09/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 400 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — 59–21 (pass) · lower
• AB 400 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 58–19 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB400 Alejo By Mendoza — 27–10 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alejo — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2015-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2015-03-02 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2015-03-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (March 23). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-03-26 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 21. Page 1014.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2015-06-17 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
• 2015-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2411.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2902.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 693, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4e5b7df6-b49b-4680-8e02-afcabd7e59fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).