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CA AB 1756

enacted

Off-highway vehicle recreation: City of Needles.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1756 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1756 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 131, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1756 about?

Existing law authorizes an off-highway motor vehicle that has been issued a plate or device to be operated or driven upon a highway under certain circumstances. Existing law authorizes various public entities, and the Director of Parks and Recreation, to designate a highway, or portion thereof, for the combined use of regular vehicular traffic and off-highway motor vehicles if certain requirements are met, including a prohibition on a designation of greater than 3 miles. Existing law, until January 1, 2028, authorizes the City of Needles to operate a pilot project that exempts specified combined-use highways in the City of Needles from this prohibition to link together existing trails and trailheads on federal Bureau of Land Management or United States Forest Service lands and to link off-highway motor vehicle recreational-use areas with necessary service and lodging facilities in order to provide a unified linkage of trail systems for off-highway motor vehicles, as prescribed. Existing law requires the City of Needles to prepare and submit to the Legislature reports evaluating the effectiveness and environmental impacts of the pilot project, as specified. This bill would extend the operation of the above-described pilot program to January 1, 2033, and would make other technical changes. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Needles.

Who sponsors CA AB 1756?

Jeff Gonzalez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1756.

Description

Existing law authorizes an off-highway motor vehicle that has been issued a plate or device to be operated or driven upon a highway under certain circumstances. Existing law authorizes various public entities, and the Director of Parks and Recreation, to designate a highway, or portion thereof, for the combined use of regular vehicular traffic and off-highway motor vehicles if certain requirements are met, including a prohibition on a designation of greater than 3 miles. Existing law, until January 1, 2028, authorizes the City of Needles to operate a pilot project that exempts specified combined-use highways in the City of Needles from this prohibition to link together existing trails and trailheads on federal Bureau of Land Management or United States Forest Service lands and to link off-highway motor vehicle recreational-use areas with necessary service and lodging facilities in order to provide a unified linkage of trail systems for off-highway motor vehicles, as prescribed. Existing law requires the City of Needles to prepare and submit to the Legislature reports evaluating the effectiveness and environmental impacts of the pilot project, as specified. This bill would extend the operation of the above-described pilot program to January 1, 2033, and would make other technical changes. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Needles.

Introduced
2026-03-09
Latest action
2026-08-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 131, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Jeff Gonzalezauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-27

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 131, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-08-27

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-08-18

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-11

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-08-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2026-08-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5321.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2026-08-04

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  8. 2026-08-03

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

    committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2

  9. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  10. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  11. 2026-06-03

    Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and N.R. & W.

    referral-committee

  12. 2026-05-21

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  13. 2026-05-21

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5195.)

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  14. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  15. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2026-04-22

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-04-07

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  18. 2026-03-10

    Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

    referral-committee

  19. 2026-03-09

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

    amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee

  20. 2026-02-23

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

    referral-committee

  21. 2026-02-10

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.

  22. 2026-02-09

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/09/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-09Compare
  • 03/09/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-09Compare
  • 08/12/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-12Compare
  • 08/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-08-27Compare
  • AB1756Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-06 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Lackey: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Hart: yes

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes

  • AB 1756 Jeff Gonzalez Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-21 · pass · 73-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ta: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Garcia: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Lee: other
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources and Water] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-23 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Seyarto: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-07-01 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Seyarto: yes

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