Existing law establishes various default speed limits for vehicles upon highways, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, by regulation, to require speed limits to be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 miles per hour of the 85th percentile of free-flowing traffic. Existing law authorizes a local authority to additionally lower the speed limit in specified circumstances, or retain the currently adopted speed limit in certain circumstances.
California AB 1014 (20252026) — Traffic safety: speed limits.
Existing law establishes various default speed limits for vehicles upon highways, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, by regulation, to require speed limits to be rounded up or down to the nearest 5 miles per hour of the 85th percentile of free-flowing traffic. Existing law authorizes a local authority to additionally lower the speed limit in specified circumstances, or retain the currently adopted speed limit in certain circumstances.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–1 (pass) · lower
AB 1014 Rogers Assembly Third Reading — 67–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Rogers — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2025-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-03-10 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2025-04-08 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
2025-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2025-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 14). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1655.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-06-04 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2025-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-07 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2445.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 287, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9bd370a7-4627-4037-b9b0-66d42a1980b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).