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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Transit buses: yield right-of-way sign."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 1904"
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citation: "California AB 1904 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Transit buses", "yield right-of-way sign"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2024-01-23"
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last_action: "2024-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85f99b75-5cca-4458-ad84-878d166ebf6c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1904"
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source_hash: "0e3a5956d44ad72fa98491af344cf561aabf94af22acbe333e99e406bd112dea"
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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 1904 (20232024) — Transit buses: yield right-of-way sign.
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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.
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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. **01/23/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1904&version=20230AB190499INT)
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2. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1904&version=20230AB190497CHP)
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3. **AB1904** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1904)
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4. **08/22/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1904&version=20230AB190498ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB1904 Ward By Cortese — **32–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **9–3** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1904 Ward Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ward — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
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- **2024-02-05** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-04-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4534.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-04-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (May 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5223.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2024-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
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- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 555, Statutes of 2024. `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/85f99b75-5cca-4458-ad84-878d166ebf6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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