Existing law requires the Public Utilities Commission to annually report to the Legislature on sites on railroad lines in the state that the commission finds to be hazardous, including a list of all railroad sites in the state that it determines pose a local safety hazard. Existing law authorizes the commission to submit in the annual report the list of railroad sites submitted in the immediate prior year annual report, and to amend or revise that list from the immediate prior year as necessary. In determining which railroad sites pose a local safety hazard, existing law requires the commission to consider, among other things, whether any local safety hazards at railroad sites have been eliminated or sufficiently remediated to warrant removal of the site from the list. This bill would require the commission, on or before July 1, 2029, to review the list of railroad sites and, in the annual report, to include an evaluation of each site on the list and determine whether changes in conditions, operations, or safety data warrant the removal, modification, or addition of any site.
Existing law requires the Strategic Growth Council to develop and administer the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through projects that implement land use, housing, transportation, and agricultural land preservation practices to support infill and compact development, and that support other related and coordinated public policy objectives. Existing law specifies the types of projects eligible for funding under the program, including, among others, transit capital projects, active transportation capital projects, and transit-oriented development projects, as provided. This bill would expressly include certain transit capital projects and transit-oriented development projects near planned high-speed rail stations that meet specific criteria as eligible for funding under the program.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system and requires the department to update the Highway Design Manual to incorporate the "complete streets" design concept. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2026, to update the Highway Design Manual to direct local governments to consult with local fire departments when making road improvements to ensure the improvements do not negatively impact emergency response times.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. Existing law generally requires proceeds from the sale of excess state highway property to be made available for other highway purposes. Existing law generally requires the California Transportation Commission to program available funding for transportation capital projects, other than state highway rehabilitation projects, through the State Transportation Improvement Program process, with available funds subject to various fair share distribution formulas. Existing law, in certain cases, requires the commission to instead reallocate funds from canceled state highway projects to a local alternative transportation improvement program within the same county and exempts those funds from the fair share distribution formulas that would otherwise apply. This bill, with respect to planned state transportation facilities over the Feather River in the City of Yuba City and the Counties of Sutter and Yuba, which facilities are no longer planned to be constructed, would authorize the affected local agencies, acting jointly with the transportation planning agency having jurisdiction, to develop and file with the commission a local alternative transportation improvement program that addresses transportation problems and opportunities in the area that was to be served by the planned state facilities. The bill would require all proceeds from the sale of excess properties acquired by the department for the canceled state facilities, less any reimbursements due to the federal government and costs incurred in the sale of those excess properties, to be allocated by the commission to fund regional priorities.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law authorizes the department to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possession, or control. This bill would establish the Highway Signage Fund in the State Treasury and would make moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the department's costs in erecting signage for highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity.
Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation to, among other things, plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain the state highway system, as provided. Pursuant to that authority, the department developed 12 district-based Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment reports designed to provide the department with a comprehensive database to help in evaluating, mitigating, and adapting to the effects of increasing extreme weather events on the state transportation system. This bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2029, to identify key community resilience indicators for measuring the impacts of climate-induced transportation disruptions, as specified. The bill would also require the department, on or before January 1, 2030, to include in the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment reports an evaluation of the broader social and economic impacts on communities connected to the evaluated infrastructure risks, as specified.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to submit and prepare and submit to the Governor a proposed budget. To align the annual budget with the adopted state transportation improvement program, existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to submit to the Department of Finance a revised capital outlay support and capital outlay budget estimates as part of its May Revision process. This bill would authorize the Department of Finance to increase or decrease funding appropriated to the Department of Transportation's capital outlay support program using funding made available to the program from both the annual Budget Act and any other appropriation provided the combined adjustments total $0, as specified. The bill would require the Department of Finance to authorize the adjustments not sooner than 30 days after the notification in writing of the necessity therefor to the chairpersons of specified legislative committees. Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish contracts for electronic programs that allow qualified private industry partners to provide services that include processing and payment programs for vehicle registration and titling transactions. Existing law requires the department to charge private industry partners a $1 transaction fee for the implementation of their proportionate share of departmentwide system improvements until the director determines that sufficient funds have been received to pay for the improvements, or on December 31, 2023, whichever occurs first. This bill would reimplement the transaction fee described above commencing July 1, 2025, until the director determines that sufficient funds have been received to pay for the improvements, or on December 31, 2028, whichever occurs first. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to require an examination for issuance of a driver's license. The examination is required to be appropriate to the type of motor vehicle or combination of vehicles the applicant desires a license to drive or tow, in accordance with certain license classifications. A class C driver's license includes the operation of, among other vehicles, a 2-axle vehicle weighing 4,000 pounds or more unladen when towing either a trailer coach or a 5th-wheel travel trailer not exceeding 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating when the towing of the trailer is not for compensation. If the towed 5th-wheel trailer exceeds 10,000 pounds, but is less than 15,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, and towing is not for compensation, existing law requires the holder of a class C driver's license to also pass a specialized written examination. Existing law, commencing on January 1, 2027, instead permits a class C driver's licenseholder to operate a vehicle when towing a trailer between 10,000 and 15,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight if specified conditions are met, including the towing is not for compensation or commercial purposes, the trailer is used exclusively for recreational purposes, and the person has passed a specialized written examination. Existing law also, commencing on January 1, 2027, includes within a class C driver's license the operation of a vehicle when towing a 5th-wheel travel trailer between 10,000 and 15,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight when the towing is not for compensation and the licenseholder has passed a specialized written examination. This bill would instead make those provisions operative on January 1, 2029. Beginning January 1, 2027, existing law requires an electronic application for an original or renewal driver's license or identification card to contain a solicitation for the applicant to enroll in the National Marrow Donor Program's (NMDP) registry as a bone marrow or blood stem cell donor, and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to electronically transmit specified applicant information weekly to the NMDP. This bill would delete that operative date and would instead require the department to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the NMDP to mutually agree on the operative date for the above-described requirements. Existing law prohibits a person from engaging in a motor vehicle exhibition of speed on a highway or aiding or abetting in a motor vehicle exhibition of speed on any highway. Upon conviction, existing law punishes a person by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 90 days, by a fine of not more than $500, or by both that fine and imprisonment. Existing law, commencing July 1, 2025, additionally authorizes the court to order the privilege to operate a motor vehicle suspended for 90 days to 6 months and restricts the person's operation of a motor vehicle for the purposes of their employment, as specified. Existing law requires the court to consider a person's hardships, as specified, when deciding to either suspend or restrict a driver's license. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend or restrict a driver's license as ordered by the court. This bill would delay the commencement of the court's additional authority to restrict or suspend a driver's license, as described above, from July 1, 2025, to January 1, 2029, and make conforming changes. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation and local authorities to designate certain highway lanes for the exclusive or preferential use of high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs) , requires the department or local authorities to place signage advising motorists of the rules governing the use of those lanes, and prohibits the use of those lanes by motorists other than in conformity with the posted rules. Existing federal law requires a public authority that has jurisdiction over an HOV lane to require a vehicle using the lane to have no fewer than 2 occupants. Existing federal law provides certain exceptions to this requirement, including motorcycles, public transportation vehicles, blood transport vehicles, and, until September 30, 2025, specified alternative fuel and electric vehicles. Existing state law authorizes motorcycles, mass transit vehicles, blood transport vehicles, paratransit vehicles, and, until September 30, 2025, specified alternative fuel and electric vehicles to use HOV lanes regardless of occupancy. This bill, until January 1, 2029, would authorize the Department of Transportation and local authorities to temporarily permit exclusive or preferential use of HOV lanes, high-occupancy toll lanes, and other lanes for vehicles displaying a distinctive decal, label, or other identifier issued by the Olympic and Paralympic Games organizers that clearly distinguishes the vehicle is being operated on the games route network during an Olympic and Paralympic Games period. The bill would require the decal, label, or other identifier to be approved by the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and to display a serial number or identification number to verify that the decal, label, or other identifier is being used on the vehicle for which it is issued. This bill would appropriate $1,000 to the Department of Transportation to fund projects in support of the games route network and would authorize the Department of Finance to augment that amount, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to submit and prepare and submit to the Governor a proposed budget. To align the annual budget with the adopted state transportation improvement program, existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to submit to the Department of Finance a revised capital outlay support and capital outlay budget estimates as part of its May Revision process. This bill would authorize the Department of Finance to increase or decrease funding appropriated to the Department of Transportation's capital outlay support program using funding made available to the program from both the annual Budget Act and any other appropriation provided the combined adjustments total $0, as specified. The bill would require the Department of Finance to authorize the adjustments not sooner than 30 days after the notification in writing of the necessity therefor to the chairpersons of specified legislative committees. Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to establish contracts for electronic programs that allow qualified private industry partners to provide services that include processing and payment programs for vehicle registration and titling transactions. Existing law requires the department to charge private industry partners a $1 transaction fee for the implementation of their proportionate share of departmentwide system improvements until the director determines that sufficient funds have been received to pay for the improvements, or on December 31, 2023, whichever occurs first. This bill would reimplement the transaction fee described above commencing July 1, 2025, until the director determines that sufficient funds have been received to pay for the improvements, or on December 31, 2028, whichever occurs first. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to require an examination for issuance of a driver's license. The examination is required to be appropriate to the type of motor vehicle or combination of vehicles the applicant desires a license to drive or tow, in accordance with certain license classifications. A class C driver's license includes the operation of, among other vehicles, a 2-axle vehicle weighing 4,000 pounds or more unladen when towing either a trailer coach or a 5th-wheel travel trailer not exceeding 10,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating when the towing of the trailer is not for compensation. If the towed 5th-wheel trailer exceeds 10,000 pounds, but is less than 15,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating, and towing is not for compensation, existing law requires the holder of a class C driver's license to also pass a specialized written examination. Existing law, commencing on January 1, 2027, instead permits a class C driver's licenseholder to operate a vehicle when towing a trailer between 10,000 and 15,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight if specified conditions are met, including the towing is not for compensation or commercial purposes, the trailer is used exclusively for recreational purposes, and the person has passed a specialized written examination. Existing law also, commencing on January 1, 2027, includes within a class C driver's license the operation of a vehicle when towing a 5th-wheel travel trailer between 10,000 and 15,000 pounds gross vehicle weight rating or gross vehicle weight when the towing is not for compensation and the licenseholder has passed a specialized written examination. This bill would instead make those provisions operative on January 1, 2029. Beginning January 1, 2027, existing law requires an electronic application for an original or renewal driver's license or identification card to contain a solicitation for the applicant to enroll in the National Marrow Donor Program's (NMDP) registry as a bone marrow or blood stem cell donor, and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to electronically transmit specified applicant information weekly to the NMDP. This bill would delete that operative date and would instead require the department to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the NMDP to mutually agree on the operative date for the above-described requirements. Existing law prohibits a person from engaging in a motor vehicle exhibition of speed on a highway or aiding or abetting in a motor vehicle exhibition of speed on any highway. Upon conviction, existing law punishes a person by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than 90 days, by a fine of not more than $500, or by both that fine and imprisonment. Existing law, commencing July 1, 2025, additionally authorizes the court to order the privilege to operate a motor vehicle suspended for 90 days to 6 months and restricts the person's operation of a motor vehicle for the purposes of their employment, as specified. Existing law requires the court to consider a person's hardships, as specified, when deciding to either suspend or restrict a driver's license. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to suspend or restrict a driver's license as ordered by the court. This bill would delay the commencement of the court's additional authority to restrict or suspend a driver's license, as described above, from July 1, 2025, to January 1, 2029, and make conforming changes. Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation and local authorities to designate certain highway lanes for the exclusive or preferential use of high-occupancy vehicles (HOVs) , requires the department or local authorities to place signage advising motorists of the rules governing the use of those lanes, and prohibits the use of those lanes by motorists other than in conformity with the posted rules. Existing federal law requires a public authority that has jurisdiction over an HOV lane to require a vehicle using the lane to have no fewer than 2 occupants. Existing federal law provides certain exceptions to this requirement, including motorcycles, public transportation vehicles, blood transport vehicles, and, until September 30, 2025, specified alternative fuel and electric vehicles. Existing state law authorizes motorcycles, mass transit vehicles, blood transport vehicles, paratransit vehicles, and, until September 30, 2025, specified alternative fuel and electric vehicles to use HOV lanes regardless of occupancy. This bill, until January 1, 2029, would authorize the Department of Transportation and local authorities to temporarily permit exclusive or preferential use of HOV lanes, high-occupancy toll lanes, and other lanes for vehicles displaying a distinctive decal, label, or other identifier issued by the Olympic and Paralympic Games organizers that clearly distinguishes the vehicle is being operated on the games route network during an Olympic and Paralympic Games period. The bill would require the decal, label, or other identifier to be approved by the Department of Transportation, in collaboration with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and to display a serial number or identification number to verify that the decal, label, or other identifier is being used on the vehicle for which it is issued. This bill would appropriate $1,000 to the Department of Transportation to fund projects in support of the games route network and would authorize the Department of Finance to augment that amount, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
House Resolution 27 designates April 2025 as "Supply Chain Awareness Month" in California. It recognizes the critical role of supply chains - including ports, logistics centers, and transportation networks - in supporting California's economy and millions of jobs. The resolution specifically honors supply chain workers (such as port operators, truck drivers, and warehouse staff) and commends the Supply Chain Federation for advocating policies that support infrastructure investment, workforce development, and supply chain stability. As a symbolic resolution, it does not create new laws or policies but formally acknowledges the sector's economic importance.
This measure would strongly encourage the Congress of the United States to pass H.R. 1235 to establish a Federal Infrastructure Bank to facilitate the financing of urgently needed infrastructure projects in the United States.
