California AB2679: State highways: public parking: traffic control.

What the bill says

An act to add Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 898) to Division 1 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways. state highways State highways: public parking: traffic control. Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests the department with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes…

From the committee substitute text, July 9, 2026:

An act to add Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 898) to Division 1 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways. state highways State highways: public parking: traffic control. Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests the department with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes. Existing law establishes the Tahoe Transportation District as a special purpose district managed by representatives from the States of California and Nevada to, among other things, operate a public transportation system in the Lake Tahoe Basin. This bill would authorize the department, within the Tahoe corridor, to contract with a state agency, a local government, or the district relating to safety, access, and parking in the corridor to (1) designate the portions of state highways that constitute the corridor, (2) prevent unsafe parking and pedestrian movement in the corridor, as provided, and (3) enhance public access to the corridor and public recreation sites, by, among other things, developing public parking, establishing and collecting fees for public parking, and developing transit facilities and pedestrian pathways to connect public parking to recreation sites, as specified. This bill would require all moneys collected from a fee for that public parking to be deposited into the Tahoe Safe Recreation Access Fund, …

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Sponsors

• Heather Hadwick (R, AD01) · primary sponsor
• Juan Alanis (R, AD22)
• Stan Ellis (R, AD32)
• James Gallagher (R)
• Mark González (D, AD54)
• Tom Lackey (R, AD34)

Latest actions

1. August 13, 2026: In committee: Held under submission.
2. August 3, 2026: In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
3. July 9, 2026: From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).
4. July 9, 2026: Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
5. June 30, 2026: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
6. June 15, 2026: Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and N.R. & W.
7. June 11, 2026: Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
8. June 11, 2026: Withdrawn from committee.
9. June 10, 2026: From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
10. June 10, 2026: Referred to Com. on TRANS.

Votes

• Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (July 1, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] (June 30, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
• AB 2679 Hadwick Assembly Third Reading (May 27, 2026): 78 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass as amended. (May 14, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (April 20, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is AB2679?

AB2679 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): State highways: public parking: traffic control.

What does AB2679 do?

In its own words: An act to add Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 898) to Division 1 of the Streets and Highways Code, relating to state highways. state highways State highways: public parking: traffic control. Existing law establishes the Department of Transportation and vests the department with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes…

What is the status of AB2679?

In committee as of August 13, 2026. Latest action: In committee: Held under submission. (August 13, 2026).

Who sponsored AB2679?

Heather Hadwick (R, AD01), with 5 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for AB2679?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2679