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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vehicles: length limitations: buses: bicycle transportation devices."
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description: "Existing law imposes a 40-foot limitation on the length of vehicles that may be operated on the highways, with specified exemptions. Existing law exempts from this limitation an articulated bus or articulated trolley coach that does not exceed a length of 60 feet, and authorizes the bus or trolley to be equipped with a folding device attached to the front of the bus or trolley if the device is designed and used exclusively for transporting bicycles. Existing law prohibits the above-described device from extending more than 36 inches from the front body of the bus when fully deployed, and prohibits a bicycle that is transported on that device from having the bicycle handlebars extend more than 42 inches from the front of the bus."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "AB 3124"
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citation: "California AB 3124 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vehicles: length limitations: buses: bicycle transportation devices."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2018-02-16"
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last_action: "2018-06-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5505a8c0-d3af-475c-ad84-ebacfd51dc3b"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3124"
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source_hash: "17fd99c504858cce84eb029cf84aab01a838f9b9d32f3033e2a2d9eb61d3e2b3"
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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 3124 (20172018) — Vehicles: length limitations: buses: bicycle transportation devices.
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Existing law imposes a 40-foot limitation on the length of vehicles that may be operated on the highways, with specified exemptions. Existing law exempts from this limitation an articulated bus or articulated trolley coach that does not exceed a length of 60 feet, and authorizes the bus or trolley to be equipped with a folding device attached to the front of the bus or trolley if the device is designed and used exclusively for transporting bicycles. Existing law prohibits the above-described device from extending more than 36 inches from the front body of the bus when fully deployed, and prohibits a bicycle that is transported on that device from having the bicycle handlebars extend more than 42 inches from the front of the bus.
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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. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3124&version=20170AB312499INT)
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2. **04/02/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3124&version=20170AB312498AMD)
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3. **06/01/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3124&version=20170AB312496CHP)
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4. **AB3124** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3124)
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5. **05/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3124&version=20170AB312497ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 3124 BLOOM Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar AB3124 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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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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- Bloom — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
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- **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-02** 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`
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- **2018-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4688.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-04-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2018-04-25** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
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- **2018-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4221.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2018-05-21** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2018-05-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2018-06-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-06-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 22, Statutes of 2018.
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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/5505a8c0-d3af-475c-ad84-ebacfd51dc3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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