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type: "Bill"
title: "Pedestrian crossing signals."
description: "Under existing law, a pedestrian control signal showing a \"WALK\" or approved \"Walking Person\" symbol means a pedestrian may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal. Under existing law, a pedestrian facing a flashing \"DON'T WALK\" or \"WAIT\" or approved \"Upraised Hand\" symbol with a \"countdown\" signal, as specified, means a pedestrian may start crossing the roadway in the direction of the signal but requires the pedestrian to finish crossing prior to the display of the steady \"DON'T WALK\" or \"WAIT\" or approved \"Upraised Hand\" symbol, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 671"
citation: "California SB 671 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pedestriancrossingsignals"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8547a6a9-e157-4906-9cd1-8121c8b1f713"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB671"
source_hash: "e66cc447e2abf0f1e052319b269764ca5bf185338b85c8a946a5ab37dd0f66cc"
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 671 (20252026) — Pedestrian crossing signals.
Under existing law, a pedestrian control signal showing a "WALK" or approved "Walking Person" symbol means a pedestrian may proceed across the roadway in the direction of the signal. Under existing law, a pedestrian facing a flashing "DON'T WALK" or "WAIT" or approved "Upraised Hand" symbol with a "countdown" signal, as specified, means a pedestrian may start crossing the roadway in the direction of the signal but requires the pedestrian to finish crossing prior to the display of the steady "DON'T WALK" or "WAIT" or approved "Upraised Hand" symbol, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB671&version=20250SB67199INT)
2. **10/03/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB671&version=20250SB67197CHP)
3. **SB671** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB671)
4. **08/29/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB671&version=20250SB67198ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **150** (pass) · lower
- SB 671 Cervantes Consent Calendar Second Day — **740** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **150** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **160** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **370** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Cervantes — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 711.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2025-04-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 887.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-04-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-04-24** (Corrected April 25).
- **2025-05-12** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2776.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-08-28** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 326, 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/8547a6a9-e157-4906-9cd1-8121c8b1f713`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).