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Bill	Traffic safety.	(1) Existing law establishes various default speed limits for vehicles upon highways, as specified. Existing law authorizes state and local authorities to adjust these default speed limits, as specified, based upon certain findings determined by an engineering and traffic survey. Existing law defines an engineering and traffic survey and prescribes specified factors that must be included in the survey, including prevailing speeds and road conditions. Existing law authorizes local authorities to consider additional factors, including pedestrian and bicyclist safety.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 43	California AB 43 (20212022)	bill	Traffic safety.	enacted	Friedman	11	29	6	2020-12-07	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/65875b61-6fd3-463f-9786-0b07242c0bd0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43	d7038de375338d58bd994df81325b248d7378bb1c1d92a52e3a47dbdce33a7e2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 43 (20212022) — Traffic safety.

(1) Existing law establishes various default speed limits for vehicles upon highways, as specified. Existing law authorizes state and local authorities to adjust these default speed limits, as specified, based upon certain findings determined by an engineering and traffic survey. Existing law defines an engineering and traffic survey and prescribes specified factors that must be included in the survey, including prevailing speeds and road conditions. Existing law authorizes local authorities to consider additional factors, including pedestrian and bicyclist safety.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/25/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/06/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/14/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/16/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/23/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB43 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 14–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB43 Friedman et al. By Gonzalez — 30–5 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 43 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — 65–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 43 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 68–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Friedman — primary (person)
• Boerner Horvath — principal coauthor (person)
• Chiu — author (person)
• Gabriel — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — author (person)
• Medina — coauthor (person)
• Nazarian — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Quirk — author (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Ting — author (person)
• Ward — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — 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.
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2021-03-22 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
• 2021-03-23 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2021-04-20 Coauthors revised.
• 2021-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 3. Page 1360.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-19 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2021-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (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 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-23 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-01 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 2494.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 5. Page 2982.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/65875b61-6fd3-463f-9786-0b07242c0bd0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).