republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-902.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic violations: diversion programs."
description: "Existing law specifies the penalties for a violation of the Vehicle Code or an ordinance or resolution adopted under the Vehicle Code, including the imposition of fines, fees, and forfeitures, and imprisonment, as specified. Existing law also specifies procedures related to the imposition of those penalties and the disposition of fees, fines, and forfeitures. Existing law provides that a local authority may not allow a person who has committed a traffic violation under the Vehicle Code to participate in a driver awareness or education program as an alternative to the imposition of those penalties and procedures, unless the program is a diversion program for a minor who commits an infraction not involving a motor vehicle and for which no fee is charged."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 902"
citation: "California AB 902 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic violations: diversion programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c98ca17-fca5-4471-8397-e1d120c40945"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB902"
source_hash: "17199b0a31a19a49221c4186d098591397cd87e64642d1fc9a762ab34b5ea047"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 902 (20152016) — Traffic violations: diversion programs.

Existing law specifies the penalties for a violation of the Vehicle Code or an ordinance or resolution adopted under the Vehicle Code, including the imposition of fines, fees, and forfeitures, and imprisonment, as specified. Existing law also specifies procedures related to the imposition of those penalties and the disposition of fees, fines, and forfeitures. Existing law provides that a local authority may not allow a person who has committed a traffic violation under the Vehicle Code to participate in a driver awareness or education program as an alternative to the imposition of those penalties and procedures, unless the program is a diversion program for a minor who commits an infraction not involving a motor vehicle and for which no fee is charged.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB902&version=20150AB90299INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB902&version=20150AB90298AMD)
3. **07/06/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB902&version=20150AB90297AMD)
4. **09/21/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB902&version=20150AB90295CHP)
5. **AB902** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB902)
6. **08/26/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB902&version=20150AB90296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 902 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 902 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bloom — primary (person)
- Chiu — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** 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`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1106.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-06** 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`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2111.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2558.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 306, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5c98ca17-fca5-4471-8397-e1d120c40945`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).