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Bill	California Transportation Commission: vehicle weight safety study.	Existing law establishes the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to advise and assist the Secretary of Transportation and the Legislature in formulating and evaluating state policies and plans for transportation programs in the state. Existing law tasks the CTC with various transportation-related studies and reports to the Legislature.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 251	California AB 251 (20232024)	bill	California Transportation Commission vehicle weight safety study	enacted	Ward	7	28	8	2023-01-18	2023-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/6a1dd23d-2617-4c10-9de4-dff7f86ead48	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB251	ad96c539f7da5effbb3708c5e4e2bcb02bb0ab5ff59d7fe19a3088c651781030	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 251 (20232024) — California Transportation Commission: vehicle weight safety study.

Existing law establishes the California Transportation Commission (CTC) to advise and assist the Secretary of Transportation and the Legislature in formulating and evaluating state policies and plans for transportation programs in the state. Existing law tasks the CTC with various transportation-related studies and reports to the Legislature.

Version chain

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

1. 01/18/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/02/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/07/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/07/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB251 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/12/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 251 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 58–19 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB251 Ward et al. By Wiener — 30–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 251 Ward Assembly Third Reading — 58–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ward — primary (person)
• Friedman — author (person)
• Wiener — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-01-19 From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
• 2023-02-02 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2023-03-02 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
• 2023-03-06 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-21 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-03-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 1712.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-31 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-06-07 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
• 2023-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-06-26 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2461.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 3187.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 320, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6a1dd23d-2617-4c10-9de4-dff7f86ead48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).