republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-206.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vehicles: length limitations: buses: bicycle transportation devices."
description: "Existing law imposes a 40-foot limitation on the length of vehicles that may be operated on the highways, with specified exemptions. Existing law exempts from this limitation an articulated bus or trolley and a bus, except a schoolbus, that is operated by a public agency or passenger stage corporation that is used in a transit system if it is equipped with a folding device attached to the front of the vehicle that is designed and used exclusively for transporting bicycles, does not materially affect efficiency or visibility of vehicle safety equipment, and does not extend more than 36 inches from the front of the body of the bus or trolley when fully deployed. In addition, existing law prohibits a bicycle that is transported on the above-described device from having the bicycle handlebars extend more than 42 inches from the front of the vehicle."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 206"
citation: "California AB 206 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vehicles: length limitations: buses: bicycle transportation devices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickinson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed2d6dc3-607d-4ba4-8ee8-1c16d26da1b7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB206"
source_hash: "34e456b64f0bbc6ed09937a503638f41e3cddcedaaaeac4f9c2f0986ca9ec844"
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 206 (20132014) — Vehicles: length limitations: buses: bicycle transportation devices.

Existing law imposes a 40-foot limitation on the length of vehicles that may be operated on the highways, with specified exemptions. Existing law exempts from this limitation an articulated bus or trolley and a bus, except a schoolbus, that is operated by a public agency or passenger stage corporation that is used in a transit system if it is equipped with a folding device attached to the front of the vehicle that is designed and used exclusively for transporting bicycles, does not materially affect efficiency or visibility of vehicle safety equipment, and does not extend more than 36 inches from the front of the body of the bus or trolley when fully deployed. In addition, existing law prohibits a bicycle that is transported on the above-described device from having the bicycle handlebars extend more than 42 inches from the front of the vehicle.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB206&version=20130AB20699INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB206&version=20130AB20698AMD)
3. **08/13/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB206&version=20130AB20696CHP)
4. **AB206** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB206)
5. **07/10/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB206&version=20130AB20697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB206 Dickinson By Gaines — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 206 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
- **2013-02-07** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 917.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-25** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1601.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-07-01** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 95, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed2d6dc3-607d-4ba4-8ee8-1c16d26da1b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).