(1) Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of state highways and associated property. Existing law requires the department to notify companies and organizations working on broadband deployment on its internet website of specified department-led highway construction projects and authorizes those companies and organizations to collaborate with the department to install broadband conduits as part of those projects.
California AB 41 (20212022) — Broadband infrastructure deployment.
(1) Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of state highways and associated property. Existing law requires the department to notify companies and organizations working on broadband deployment on its internet website of specified department-led highway construction projects and authorizes those companies and organizations to collaborate with the department to install broadband conduits as part of those projects.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 11–1 (pass) · lower
AB 41 Wood Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–2 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB41 Wood et al. By McGuire — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
AB 41 Wood Assembly Third Reading — 70–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wood — primary (person)
Aguiar-Curry — principal coauthor (person)
Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-12-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-12-08 From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
2021-03-11 Referred to Coms. on C. & C. and TRANS. referral-committee
2021-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. referral-committee
2021-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-21 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-1, reading-2
2021-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2021-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-05-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2021-05-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2021-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 1756.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-09 Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and TRANS. referral-committee
2021-06-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2021-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on E., U. & C. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-07-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 13). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2021-07-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2021-08-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2021-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2618.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2021-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3143.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 659, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/299cc36f-3580-4afd-9add-e9ddf7fda000. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).