republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-1479.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County road commissioner: Counties of Madera and Tehama."
description: "Existing law provides for the appointment of a road commissioner in each county by the board of supervisors, with specified powers and duties relating to county roads. Existing law provides for exceptions to this requirement, including authorization for the boards of supervisors of the Counties of Colusa, Glenn, Merced, and Siskiyou to transfer the duties of the county road commissioner to the county director of the department of public works."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1479"
citation: "California AB 1479 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CountiesofMaderaandTehama", "Countyroadcommissioner"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tangipa"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ece068fb-640e-4671-806f-b013ff480227"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1479"
source_hash: "8eff891754b253a74043f57e573fbe3f659f7906ddcb292d52c93749cc6e6aa6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1479 (20252026) — County road commissioner: Counties of Madera and Tehama.

Existing law provides for the appointment of a road commissioner in each county by the board of supervisors, with specified powers and duties relating to county roads. Existing law provides for exceptions to this requirement, including authorization for the boards of supervisors of the Counties of Colusa, Glenn, Merced, and Siskiyou to transfer the duties of the county road commissioner to the county director of the department of public works.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1479&version=20250AB147999INT)
2. **06/11/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1479&version=20250AB147998AMD)
3. **06/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1479&version=20250AB147997AMD)
4. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1479&version=20250AB147995CHP)
5. **AB1479** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1479)
6. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1479&version=20250AB147996ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1479 Tangipa et al. — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1479 Tangipa Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1479 Tangipa Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **70–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tangipa — primary (person)
- Dahle — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1280.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2025-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-10** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-07-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2136.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-07-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-13** Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
- **2025-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 3509.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 399, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ece068fb-640e-4671-806f-b013ff480227`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).