republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2955.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Traffic: Cities of Burbank, Glendale, and Los Angeles."
description: "Existing law generally sets forth prima facie speed limits, unless changed or otherwise authorized by law. Existing law permits local authorities to set prima facie speed limits on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, as defined, if the different speed limit is necessary to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. Existing law authorizes the City of Norco and the common interest development of Orange Park Acres, when conducting an engineering and traffic survey, to consider equestrian safety, in addition to the specified factors set forth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2955"
citation: "California AB 2955 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic: Cities of Burbank", "Glendale", "and Los Angeles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29594c3d-549f-4eac-b9ee-fa30936508da"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2955"
source_hash: "544063070073ec52d047c9ad8c5f4980554261b5703659e708ac00cd82f33db5"
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 2955 (20172018) — Traffic: Cities of Burbank, Glendale, and Los Angeles.

Existing law generally sets forth prima facie speed limits, unless changed or otherwise authorized by law. Existing law permits local authorities to set prima facie speed limits on the basis of an engineering and traffic survey, as defined, if the different speed limit is necessary to facilitate the orderly movement of traffic and is reasonable and safe. Existing law authorizes the City of Norco and the common interest development of Orange Park Acres, when conducting an engineering and traffic survey, to consider equestrian safety, in addition to the specified factors set forth.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2955&version=20170AB295599INT)
2. **03/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2955&version=20170AB295598AMD)
3. **05/17/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2955&version=20170AB295597AMD)
4. **06/04/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2955&version=20170AB295596AMD)
5. **08/08/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2955&version=20170AB295595AMD)
6. **09/14/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2955&version=20170AB295593CHP)
7. **AB2955** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2955)
8. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2955&version=20170AB295594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2955 FRIEDMAN Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2955 FRIEDMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2955 Friedman et al. By Portantino — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Friedman — primary (person)
- Portantino — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5200.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5239.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-04** 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. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5292.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6378.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 398, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29594c3d-549f-4eac-b9ee-fa30936508da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).