republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-344.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State highways: relinquishment."
description: "Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 344"
citation: "California AB 344 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State highways: relinquishment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-19"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79ae19d3-5b87-484d-b97c-4160c8a6b7b0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB344"
source_hash: "05845edc72ed017d8e87622a49ed081bd44d3f41c4366b6856b4210887d322b2"
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 344 (20092010) — State highways: relinquishment.

Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for adoption of a highway on an authorized route by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the commission to relinquish certain state highway segments to local agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB344&version=20090AB34499INT)
2. **04/15/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB344&version=20090AB34498AMD)
3. **07/23/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB344&version=20090AB34497AMD)
4. **09/01/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB344&version=20090AB34496AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB344&version=20090AB34494CHP)
6. **AB344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB344)
7. **09/10/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB344&version=20090AB34495ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB344 Caballero By Denham — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 344 CABALLERO Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 344 CABALLERO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caballero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2009-03-09** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 13). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-15** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1836.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-11** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-06** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-07-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-08-31** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 27). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2110.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3093.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 238, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79ae19d3-5b87-484d-b97c-4160c8a6b7b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).