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Bill	Vehicles: transit-only traffic lanes.	Existing law prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle, or stopping, parking, or leaving a vehicle standing, on a portion of the highway designated for the exclusive use of public transit buses, subject to specified exceptions. Existing law also requires a public transit agency, with the agreement of the agency with jurisdiction over the highway, to place and maintain signs and traffic control devices indicating that a portion of a highway is designated for the exclusive use of public transit buses, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 971	California AB 971 (20232024)	bill	Vehicles transit-only traffic lanes	enacted	Lee	7	27	6	2023-02-14	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/39c01b05-a6d6-4fc1-b3db-430d517e4bc6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB971	85065695af183cbf70137c509f23e8226e6a343270928b5ff7b453690a551da7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 971 (20232024) — Vehicles: transit-only traffic lanes.

Existing law prohibits a person from operating a motor vehicle, or stopping, parking, or leaving a vehicle standing, on a portion of the highway designated for the exclusive use of public transit buses, subject to specified exceptions. Existing law also requires a public transit agency, with the agreement of the agency with jurisdiction over the highway, to place and maintain signs and traffic control devices indicating that a portion of a highway is designated for the exclusive use of public transit buses, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/11/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB971 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB971 Lee By Becker — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 971 Lee Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 971 Lee Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lee — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2023-02-23 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-04-11 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
• 2023-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-04-18 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-19 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1302.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-04-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-03 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2023-06-01 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. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-06-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-06-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1681.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-07-10 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2023-07-10 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2023-08-17 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2023-08-17 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-08-17 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2360.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3026.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 672, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/39c01b05-a6d6-4fc1-b3db-430d517e4bc6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).