republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-516.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe routes to school."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the California Highway Patrol, to establish and administer a \"Safe Routes to School\" program for construction of bicycle and pedestrian safety and traffic calming projects, and to award grants to local agencies in that regard from available federal and state funds, based on the results of a statewide competition. Existing law requires the department to rate proposals submitted by applicants using specified factors. One of the factors relates to consultation and support for projects by school-based organizations, local traffic engineers, local elected officials, law enforcement agencies, school officials, and other relevant community stakeholders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 516"
citation: "California AB 516 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safe routes to school."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["V. Manuel Pérez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-15"
last_action: "2011-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9daf8284-48e6-4468-8657-3937ebe1a773"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB516"
source_hash: "f51366911afc79135a91a077e2f539ef1f6f68f330c6578b3c947457f628f7f8"
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 516 (20112012) — Safe routes to school.

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation, in consultation with the California Highway Patrol, to establish and administer a "Safe Routes to School" program for construction of bicycle and pedestrian safety and traffic calming projects, and to award grants to local agencies in that regard from available federal and state funds, based on the results of a statewide competition. Existing law requires the department to rate proposals submitted by applicants using specified factors. One of the factors relates to consultation and support for projects by school-based organizations, local traffic engineers, local elected officials, law enforcement agencies, school officials, and other relevant community stakeholders.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB516&version=20110AB51699INT)
2. **04/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB516&version=20110AB51698AMD)
3. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB516&version=20110AB51697AMD)
4. **06/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB516&version=20110AB51696AMD)
5. **06/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB516&version=20110AB51695AMD)
6. **07/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB516&version=20110AB51694AMD)
7. **09/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB516&version=20110AB51692CHP)
8. **AB516** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB516)
9. **08/24/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB516&version=20110AB51693ENR)

## Votes

- AB 516 PÉREZ, V.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–22** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB516 V. Manuel Pérez By DeSaulnier — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 516 PÉREZ, V.M. Assembly Third Reading — **57–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- V. Manuel Pérez — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Dickinson — coauthor (person)
- Eng — coauthor (person)
- Fuentes — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-13** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-14** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 1793.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 1969.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 2493.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2011-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9daf8284-48e6-4468-8657-3937ebe1a773`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).