CA AB 1944
enactedZero-emission transit buses: axle weight.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1944 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1944 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 909, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1944 about?
Existing law prohibits the maximum gross weight on any one axle of a bus from exceeding 20,500 pounds, except the maximum limit for the curb weight on any one axle of a transit bus procured through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was issued on or after January 1, 2019, is set at 22,000 pounds. Existing law, notwithstanding the previous provisions, sets specified higher maximum limits up to 25,000 pounds for the curb weight on any one axle of an articulated transit bus or zero-emission transit bus procured through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was issued during specified periods between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2021, inclusive, and sets the 22,000-pound maximum limit for an articulated transit bus or zero-emission transit bus procured through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was issued on or after January 1, 2022. A violation of this provision is a crime. This bill would, until January 1, 2032, establish specified higher weight limitations up to 25,000 pounds for zero-emission transit buses procured through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was issued at various specified periods between January 1, 2027, and December 31, 2031 inclusive.
Who sponsors CA AB 1944?
Lee is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1944.
Description
Existing law prohibits the maximum gross weight on any one axle of a bus from exceeding 20,500 pounds, except the maximum limit for the curb weight on any one axle of a transit bus procured through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was issued on or after January 1, 2019, is set at 22,000 pounds. Existing law, notwithstanding the previous provisions, sets specified higher maximum limits up to 25,000 pounds for the curb weight on any one axle of an articulated transit bus or zero-emission transit bus procured through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was issued during specified periods between January 1, 2016, and December 31, 2021, inclusive, and sets the 22,000-pound maximum limit for an articulated transit bus or zero-emission transit bus procured through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was issued on or after January 1, 2022. A violation of this provision is a crime. This bill would, until January 1, 2032, establish specified higher weight limitations up to 25,000 pounds for zero-emission transit buses procured through a solicitation process pursuant to which a solicitation was issued at various specified periods between January 1, 2027, and December 31, 2031 inclusive.
- Introduced
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- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 909, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
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Sponsors
- Leeauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 909, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-08-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2026-08-18
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.).
2026-08-18
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-18
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 5519.).
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2026-06-10
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-09
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (June 9).
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2026-05-06
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
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2026-04-06
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-04-06
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 3. Page 4496.)
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2026-03-25
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-03-24
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (March 23).
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2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
referral-committee
2026-02-14
From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2026-02-13
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass.
2026-03-23 · pass · 15-1
Member-level votes (16)
- Ward: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Papan: yes
- Davies: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Hart: yes
- Macedo: no
AB 1944 Lee Assembly Third Reading
2026-04-06 · pass · 62-3
Member-level votes (80)
- Connolly: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Hart: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Patel: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Haney: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Addis: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Soria: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Flora: yes
- Krell: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ta: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Lee: yes
- Chen: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Arambula: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Berman: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Bains: no
- Hadwick: no
- Macedo: no
- Muratsuchi: other
- Tangipa: other
- Lackey: other
- Ávila Farías: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Gallagher: other
- Valencia: other
- Harabedian: other
- Gabriel: other
- Johnson: other
- Schultz: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Caloza: other
- Bennett: other
- Bauer-Kahan: other
Do pass
2026-06-09 · pass · 10-3
Member-level votes (13)
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Dahle: no
- Strickland: no
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