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Bill	Transit buses: yield right-of-way sign.	Existing law authorizes a transit bus in the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to be equipped with a yield right-of-way sign on the left rear of the bus if the applicable entity approves a resolution requesting that this section be made applicable to it. Existing law requires the sign to be designed to warn a person operating a motor vehicle approaching the rear of the bus that the bus is entering traffic and be illuminated by a red flashing light when the bus is signaling in preparation for entering a traffic lane after having stopped to receive or discharge passengers.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1904	California AB 1904 (20232024)	bill	Transit buses yield right-of-way sign	enacted	Ward	4	15	4	2024-01-23	2024-09-25	openstates	ocd-bill/85f99b75-5cca-4458-ad84-878d166ebf6c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1904	0e3a5956d44ad72fa98491af344cf561aabf94af22acbe333e99e406bd112dea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1904 (20232024) — Transit buses: yield right-of-way sign.

Existing law authorizes a transit bus in the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority to be equipped with a yield right-of-way sign on the left rear of the bus if the applicable entity approves a resolution requesting that this section be made applicable to it. Existing law requires the sign to be designed to warn a person operating a motor vehicle approaching the rear of the bus that the bus is entering traffic and be illuminated by a red flashing light when the bus is signaling in preparation for entering a traffic lane after having stopped to receive or discharge passengers.

Version chain

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

1. 01/23/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/25/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB1904 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1904 Ward By Cortese — 32–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 9–3 (pass) · upper
• AB 1904 Ward Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ward — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-01-24 From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
• 2024-02-05 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-03-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4534.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-01 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2024-05-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (May 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5223.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2024-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2024-09-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 555, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85f99b75-5cca-4458-ad84-878d166ebf6c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).