California AB1145: Vehicles: local regulation: Department of Transportation.

What the bill says

An act to amend Section 21104 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Vehicles: local regulation: Department of Transportation. Existing law authorizes local authorities, for those highways under their jurisdiction, to adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution, on various matters, including regulating traffic by means of specified official traffic control devices and prohibiting the use of particular highways by certain vehicles…

From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:

An act to amend Section 21104 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. vehicles Vehicles: local regulation: Department of Transportation. Existing law authorizes local authorities, for those highways under their jurisdiction, to adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution, on various matters, including regulating traffic by means of specified official traffic control devices and prohibiting the use of particular highways by certain vehicles. Existing law authorizes specified proposed ordinances or resolutions to be effective as to any state highway or part thereof if the proposed ordinance or resolution is submitted to the Department of Transportation for approval prior to the enactment, as specified. This bill would require the Department of Transportation, when reviewing and approving or rejecting an ordinance or resolution that has been submitted to the department for approval by a local authority, to consider the costs of the proposed ordinance or resolution compared to any possible alternative solution to the issue that the proposed ordinance or resolution is addressing and to provide written reasons and justifications for a rejection. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 21104 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 21104. (a) An ordinance or resolution proposed to be enacted under Section 21101 or …

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Sponsors

• Jeff Gonzalez (R, AD36) · primary sponsor