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type: "Bill"
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title: "Traffic safety."
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description: "(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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 43"
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citation: "California AB 43 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Traffic safety."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
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version_count: 11
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-12-07"
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last_action: "2021-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65875b61-6fd3-463f-9786-0b07242c0bd0"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43"
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source_hash: "d7038de375338d58bd994df81325b248d7378bb1c1d92a52e3a47dbdce33a7e2"
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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 43 (20212022) — Traffic safety.
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(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.
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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. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43&version=20210AB4399INT)
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2. **03/22/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43&version=20210AB4398AMD)
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3. **06/25/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43&version=20210AB4397AMD)
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4. **07/06/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43&version=20210AB4396AMD)
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5. **07/14/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43&version=20210AB4395AMD)
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6. **08/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43&version=20210AB4394AMD)
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7. **08/23/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43&version=20210AB4393AMD)
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8. **09/01/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43&version=20210AB4392AMD)
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9. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43&version=20210AB4390CHP)
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10. **AB43** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43)
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11. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB43&version=20210AB4391ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **14–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB43 Friedman et al. By Gonzalez — **30–5** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 43 Friedman Assembly Third Reading — **65–3** (pass) · lower
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- AB 43 Friedman Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **68–5** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Friedman — primary (person)
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- Boerner Horvath — principal coauthor (person)
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- Chiu — author (person)
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- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
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- Gipson — author (person)
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- Medina — coauthor (person)
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- Nazarian — coauthor (person)
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- Portantino — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk — author (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Ting — author (person)
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- Ward — coauthor (person)
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- Wicks — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-12-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
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- **2021-01-11** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2021-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-20** Coauthors revised.
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- **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`
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- **2021-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 3. Page 1360.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-05-19** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2021-07-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2021-08-16** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-01** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 2494.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 5. Page 2982.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2021-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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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/65875b61-6fd3-463f-9786-0b07242c0bd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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