republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-921.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State highways: Route 174: relinquishment."
description: "Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for the California Transportation Commission to adopt a highway on an authorized route. Existing law requires the commission to relinquish to local agencies state highway portions that have been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment, and authorizes relinquishment in certain other cases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 921"
citation: "California SB 921 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State highways: Route 174: relinquishment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46e14bf3-8e69-46b5-81fb-1adfa82e9903"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB921"
source_hash: "2813019ff869c76591b96022602cc0a4d6852e3b99a75b7d30ae08e80610673f"
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 SB 921 (20192020) — State highways: Route 174: relinquishment.

Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law describes the authorized routes in the state highway system and establishes a process for the California Transportation Commission to adopt a highway on an authorized route. Existing law requires the commission to relinquish to local agencies state highway portions that have been deleted from the state highway system by legislative enactment, and authorizes relinquishment in certain other cases.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/04/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB921&version=20190SB92199INT)
2. **09/11/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB921&version=20190SB92197CHP)
3. **SB921** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB921)
4. **08/26/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB921&version=20190SB92198ENR)

## Votes

- SB 921 Dahle Senate Third Reading By Megan Dahle — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent SB921 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dahle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-13** Set for hearing May 29.
- **2020-05-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 3622.) (May 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
- **2020-06-09** June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2020-06-11** Set for hearing June 18.
- **2020-06-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3767.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2020-06-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3816.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-29** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-28** July 28 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** August 18 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5201.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-25** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2020-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2020-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 82, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46e14bf3-8e69-46b5-81fb-1adfa82e9903`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).