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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1421: Vehicles: Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1421 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Vehicles: Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee. Primary sponsor: Lori Wilson (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 29, 2026): In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law requires the Chair of the California Transportation Commission to create a Road Usage Charge Technical Advisory Committee in consultation with the Secretary of Transportation to guide the development and evaluation of a pilot program assessing the potential for mileage-based revenue collection as an alternative to the gas tax system. Existing law additionally requires the Transportation Agency, in consultation with the commission, to implement the pilot program, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2027.

This bill would require the commission, in consultation with the Transportation Agency, to consolidate and prepare research and recommendations related to a road user charge or a mileage-based fee system. The bill would require the commission to submit a report, as specified, on the research and recommendations described above to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature by no later than January 1, 2027. The bill would require the commission to consult with appropriate state agencies and other stakeholders, as specified, in preparing the research and recommendations and report described above.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lori WilsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly11
Cecilia Aguiar-CurryCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly4

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  2. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 21. Page 3868.)
  3. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
  4. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  5. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (January 22).
  6. Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3806.)
  7. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (January 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  8. Coauthors revised.
  9. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
  10. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
  11. Referred to Com. on TRANS.
  12. Read first time.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page