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Traffic safety: speed limits.

It became law on Sep 18, 2022.

CA AB 1938 · Assembly Bill · 2021–2022

Stage
Became law
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Assembly
Sponsors
7
Latest action
Sep 18, 2022

What it does

Existing law establishes various default speed limits for vehicles upon highways, as specified. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation (Caltrans) , by regulation, to require Caltrans or a local authority to round speed limits up or down to the nearest 5 miles per hour of the 85th percentile of free-flowing traffic.

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

  2. Committee (Done)

  3. Floor (Done)

  4. Law (Done)

    Sep 18, 2022

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