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CaliforniaAB 10142025-2026 Regular SessionHouse

Traffic safety: speed limits.

Sponsored By: Chris Rogers (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

4 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.

20 and 25 mph in business districts

Agencies can set 25 or 20 mph on nonfreeway roads next to a business activity district when posted with signs. The road must have four or fewer lanes. For 25 mph, the speeds right before and after the district must be at most 30 mph; for 20 mph, at most 25 mph. A business activity district must meet at least three of these: 50% storefronts opening to sidewalks, parking next to the road, stop signs or signals no more than 600 feet apart, and marked crosswalks not controlled by a signal. This rule cannot be used where a lower limit already applies under the safety‑corridor/bike‑ped rule or where a limit was kept or restored under retain‑or‑restore.

Lower speeds in safety and bike zones

After a traffic and engineering study, agencies can cut an extra 5 mph on safety corridors or next to places with many people walking or biking. Caltrans must define “safety corridor” using crash data, and define high bicyclist and pedestrian areas using factors like density, use type, and existing bike and walk features, in the next manual update. No more than 20% of a jurisdiction’s streets may be labeled safety corridors.

New statewide rules for speed limits

Beginning with the next state traffic manual update, agencies set speed limits by rounding to the nearest 5 mph of the 85th‑percentile speed on nonfreeway roads. They may round down instead of up, or lower the limit by an extra 5 mph when a traffic and engineering study documents safety reasons and follows the manual as of March 30, 2021. Total cuts tied to the 85th‑percentile cannot be more than 12.4 mph. Agencies may keep the current limit or restore the last one if no new general‑purpose lanes were added, but any drop under that authority is capped at 5 mph and cannot go below the immediately prior adopted speed.

30-day warnings after new lower limits

For the first 30 days after a new lower speed limit takes effect, officers must give a warning, not a ticket, if you are 10 mph or less over. This applies to lower limits in safety corridors or busy bike and walk areas, to retained or restored lower speeds, and to business activity districts.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Chris Rogers

    Democratic • House

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 143 • No: 4

Senate vote • 9/3/2025

Item 102 — Senate SFLOOR

Yes: 37 • No: 1

legislature vote • 6/24/2025

Vote in CS59

Yes: 13 • No: 1

House vote • 5/23/2025

Item 53 — Assembly AFLOOR

Yes: 67 • No: 0

legislature vote • 5/14/2025

Vote in CX25

Yes: 12 • No: 1

legislature vote • 4/21/2025

Vote in CX22

Yes: 14 • No: 1

Actions Timeline

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 287, Statutes of 2025.

    10/3/2025Senate

  2. Approved by the Governor.

    10/3/2025legislature

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

    9/9/2025legislature

  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    9/3/2025House

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2445.).

    9/3/2025Senate

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    7/8/2025Senate

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

    7/7/2025Senate

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    6/25/2025Senate

  9. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

    6/4/2025Senate

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

    5/23/2025Senate

  11. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1655.)

    5/23/2025House

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    5/15/2025House

  13. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (May 14).

    5/14/2025House

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    4/22/2025House

  15. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

    4/9/2025House

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

    4/8/2025House

  17. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

    3/10/2025House

  18. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

    2/21/2025House

  19. Read first time. To print.

    2/20/2025House

Bill Text

  • Chaptered

    10/3/2025

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  • Enrolled

    9/5/2025

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  • Amended Assembly

    4/8/2025

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  • Introduced

    2/20/2025

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