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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 922: Vehicles: local agency charges: use of streets or highways.

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

SB 922 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on January 28, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Vehicles: local agency charges: use of streets or highways. Primary sponsor: John Laird (D). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 27, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 148, 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 prohibits a local agency from imposing a tax, permit fee, or other charge for the privilege of using its streets or highways, other than a permit fee for an extralegal load unless the local agency had imposed the fee prior to June 1, 1989.

This bill would explicitly state that a fee, charge, surcharge, or component thereof imposed upon the provider of, or ratepayer for, public services by or for a local agency to recover the cost of street maintenance and repair and other costs associated with the use of its streets, roads, or highways to provide those public services is not a tax, permit fee, or other charge that is prohibited by the provision described above. The bill would provide that nothing in the Vehicle Code prohibits a local agency from imposing or collecting this fee, charge, or surcharge. The bill would delete obsolete references and make other technical changes. The bill would make various findings and declarations.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
John LairdPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate17
Steve BennettCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly38
Blanca PachecoCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly64

“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 148, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 5316.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 12. Page 6081.) Ordered to the Senate.
  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 1).
  10. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
  11. Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
  12. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

Sources

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