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CA SB 990

enacted

Highways: exit information.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did CA SB 990 pass?

Yes. CA SB 990 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-14): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 226, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 990 about?

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules and regulations that allow the placement, near exits on freeways in rural areas, of information signs identifying specific roadside businesses. Existing law generally prohibits the placement of a sign within an urban area with a population of 5,000 or more, with certain exceptions. This bill, until January 1, 2037, would require the department to allow the placement of information signs along southbound State Route 395 just before the State Route 178 eastbound exit and along northbound State Route 395 just before the South China Lake Boulevard northbound exit, as provided.

Who sponsors CA SB 990?

Grove is the primary sponsor of CA SB 990.

Description

Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules and regulations that allow the placement, near exits on freeways in rural areas, of information signs identifying specific roadside businesses. Existing law generally prohibits the placement of a sign within an urban area with a population of 5,000 or more, with certain exceptions. This bill, until January 1, 2037, would require the department to allow the placement of information signs along southbound State Route 395 just before the State Route 178 eastbound exit and along northbound State Route 395 just before the South China Lake Boulevard northbound exit, as provided.

Introduced
2026-02-05
Latest action
2026-09-14 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 226, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
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Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Groveauthor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-14

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 226, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-14

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-08-27

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

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  4. 2026-08-24

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  5. 2026-08-24

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  6. 2026-08-24

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5683.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  7. 2026-08-19

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  8. 2026-08-19

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  9. 2026-08-19

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6263.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  10. 2026-08-11

    Read third time and amended.

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  11. 2026-08-11

    Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2026-08-10

    Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2026-08-10

    From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.

  14. 2026-08-06

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  15. 2026-08-05

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).

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  16. 2026-06-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2026-05-18

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  18. 2026-05-04

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  19. 2026-05-04

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4131.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  20. 2026-04-21

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2026-04-20

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  22. 2026-04-10

    Set for hearing April 20.

  23. 2026-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3760.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2026-03-25

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  25. 2026-03-17

    Set for hearing April 7.

  26. 2026-03-09

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  27. 2026-02-18

    Referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  28. 2026-02-09

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.

  29. 2026-02-05

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/05/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-05Compare
  • 03/09/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-09Compare
  • 03/25/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-25Compare
  • 08/11/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-11Compare
  • 08/25/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-25Compare
  • 09/14/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-14Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-07 · pass · 12-0

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

  • 3rd Reading

    2026-05-04 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • McNerney: yes

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

    2026-06-22 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes

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