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Bill	Highways: encroachment permits: broadband facilities.	Under existing law, the Department of Transportation may issue permits authorizing encroachments, as defined, on highways. Existing law requires the department to either approve or deny an application for an encroachment permit within 60 days of receiving a completed application. The department's failure to notify an applicant within that 60-day period that the permit is denied is deemed to constitute approval of the permit.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 955	California AB 955 (20212022)	bill	Highways: encroachment permits: broadband facilities.	enacted	Quirk	9	30	9	2021-02-17	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/975c947f-132f-4aca-860d-d5c3648dc9a5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB955	ff0cc01f6032482f287da5a57b0d93a117fbfb02a2961f3068d0dcf8cd7ae0a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 955 (20212022) — Highways: encroachment permits: broadband facilities.

Under existing law, the Department of Transportation may issue permits authorizing encroachments, as defined, on highways. Existing law requires the department to either approve or deny an application for an encroachment permit within 60 days of receiving a completed application. The department's failure to notify an applicant within that 60-day period that the permit is denied is deemed to constitute approval of the permit.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/06/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB955 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/10/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Communications and Conveyance] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 955 Quirk Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB955 Quirk By Dodd — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 955 Quirk Assembly Third Reading — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Quirk — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2021-03-18 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and C. & C. 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
• 2021-04-06 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
• 2021-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2021-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on C. & C. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on C. & C. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 28). 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 79. Noes 0. Page 1778.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-16 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2021-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-05 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 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
• 2021-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2460.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-08 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2875.)
• 2021-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2908.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 670, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/975c947f-132f-4aca-860d-d5c3648dc9a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).