CA SB 720

enacted

Automated traffic enforcement system programs.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law authorizes the limit line, intersection, or other places where a driver is required to stop to be equipped with an automated traffic enforcement system if the governmental agency utilizing the system meets certain requirements, including identifying the system with signs and ensuring that the system meets specified criteria on minimum yellow light change intervals. Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2032, the Cities of Los Angeles, San Jose, Oakland, Glendale, and Long Beach, and the City and County of San Francisco to establish a speed safety system pilot program for speed enforcement that utilizes a speed safety system in specified areas, if the system meets specified requirements. Existing law prescribes specified requirements for a notice of violation issued pursuant to these provisions, and requires a violation of a speed law that is recorded by a speed safety system to be subject only to a specified civil penalty. This bill would additionally authorize a city, county, or city and county to establish an automated traffic enforcement system program to use those systems to detect a violation of a traffic control signal, if the system meets specified requirements. The bill would require a violation of a traffic control signal that is recorded by an automated traffic enforcement system to be subject to escalating civil penalties, as specified. The bill would, among other things, provide for the issuance of a notice of violation, an initial review, an administrative hearing, and an appeals process, as specified, for a violation under this program. The bill would clarify that a local jurisdiction may utilize an automated traffic enforcement system pursuant to these provisions or the above-described provisions authorizing the utilization of an automated traffic enforcement system. The bill would require a local jurisdiction utilizing the above-described provisions to take into account the relative risk to traffic and pedestrian safety posed by prohibited right turns on red compared to proceeding through the intersection against a red signal. Existing law establishes a $25 filing fee for specified appeals and petitions. This bill would require a $25 filing fee for an appeal challenging a notice of violation issued as a result of an automated traffic enforcement system. Existing provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 70615 of the Government Code proposed by AB 289 to be operative only if this bill and AB 289 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Introduced: 2025-02-21
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 782, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Automatedtrafficenforcementsystemprograms

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-21
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction,referral-committee
2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-03-12
Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD.
referral-committee
2025-03-25
Set for hearing April 8.
2025-03-26
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 711.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-17
Set for hearing April 29.
2025-04-30
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 942.) (April 29).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-05-01
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-05-09
Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-19
May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-20
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1211.) (May 23).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 1445.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-06-04
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2025-06-09
Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2025-06-27
Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2025-07-02
July 7 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-07-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-07-17
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 15. Page 2578.)
2025-07-17
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (July 16).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-08-20
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (August 29).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-02
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-09-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-04
Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-04
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-12
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 8. Page 3399.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-12
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-13
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 3026.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-13
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-13
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 782, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
05/01/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-01Compare
07/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-17Compare
09/02/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-02Compare
09/04/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-04Compare
09/18/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-18Compare
10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-04-08 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: other
- Valladares: other
- Cortese: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-29 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Arreguín: yes
- Niello: yes
- Allen: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Stern: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-19 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: other
- Dahle: other
Do pass
2025-05-23 · pass · 4-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Wahab: no
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 31-3
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Limón: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Jones: no
- Wahab: other
- Reyes: other
- Hurtado: other
- Cortese: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Grove: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]
2025-07-14 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Papan: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ward: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-16 · pass · 13-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Ortega: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Bryan: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
Do pass as amended.
2025-08-29 · pass · 12-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Solache: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Tangipa: no
SB 720 Ashby Senate Third Reading By Pellerin
2025-09-13 · pass · 68-8
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Tangipa: no
- Bains: no
- Gallagher: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Castillo: other
- Lackey: other
- Jackson: other
- Hadwick: other
Unfinished Business SB720 Ashby et al. Concurrence
2025-09-13 · pass · 33-3
Member-level votes (40)
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Limón: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Laird: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Niello: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Seyarto: no
- Jones: no
- Gonzalez: other
- Valladares: other
- Choi: other
- Grove: other

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