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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1756: Off-highway vehicle recreation: City of Needles.

Enacted 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 1756 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 9, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Off-highway vehicle recreation: City of Needles. Primary sponsor: Jeff Gonzalez (R). Most recent recorded action (August 27, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 131, Statutes of 2026.

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Official summary

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

Existing law authorizes an off-highway motor vehicle that has been issued a plate or device to be operated or driven upon a highway under certain circumstances. Existing law authorizes various public entities, and the Director of Parks and Recreation, to designate a highway, or portion thereof, for the combined use of regular vehicular traffic and off-highway motor vehicles if certain requirements are met, including a prohibition on a designation of greater than 3 miles.

Existing law, until January 1, 2028, authorizes the City of Needles to operate a pilot project that exempts specified combined-use highways in the City of Needles from this prohibition to link together existing trails and trailheads on federal Bureau of Land Management or United States Forest Service lands and to link off-highway motor vehicle recreational-use areas with necessary service and lodging facilities in order to provide a unified linkage of trail systems for off-highway motor vehicles, as prescribed. Existing law requires the City of Needles to prepare and submit to the Legislature reports evaluating the effectiveness and environmental impacts of the pilot project, as specified.

This bill would extend the operation of the above-described pilot program to January 1, 2033, and would make other technical changes.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Needles.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeff GonzalezPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly36

“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. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 131, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  4. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5321.).
  6. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
  7. From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on N.R. & W. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.
  10. Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and N.R. & W.
  11. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  12. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5195.)

Sources

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