California Assembly Bill 1837
Session 20252026
Video imaging of parking violations.
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 30, 2026
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1837
State
California
Session
20252026
Motion Text
AB 1837 Mark González Concurrence in Senate Amendments
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Ávila Farías
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Summary
Existing law authorizes a public transit operator in the state, until January 1, 2027, and authorizes the City and County of San Francisco indefinitely, to enforce parking violations in specified transit-only traffic lanes and at transit stops through the use of video imaging, and to install automated forward facing parking control devices on city-owned public transit vehicles for the purpose of video imaging parking violations occurring in transit-only traffic lanes, as specified. Existing law requires a public transit operator, prior to issuing notices of parking violations, to issue warning notices for the first 60 days and to make a public announcement of the program. Existing law requires a designated employee, or a contracted law enforcement agency, to review video image recordings for the purpose of determining whether a parking violation occurred in a transit-only traffic lane or at a transit stop and to issue a notice of violation to the registered owner of a vehicle within 15 calendar days, as specified. Existing law makes these video image records confidential and provides that these records are available only to public agencies to enforce parking violations. Existing law requires a public transit operator that implements an automated enforcement system to enforce parking violations in transit-only traffic lanes and at transit stops to submit a report to specified committees of the Legislature by no later than January 1, 2025.
This bill would extend the authorization for the use of video imaging to enforce parking and stopping violations until January 1, 2034. The bill would require that a public transit operator issue warnings for 60 days prior to issuing notices of violations when it uses video imaging for enforcement of a violation that it has not previously used video imaging to enforce. The bill would require a public transit operator that uses video imaging to enforce parking violations to report to the Legislature, as specified. The bill would exempt the City and County of San Francisco from this requirement. The bill would allow only local agencies to use video image records to enforce parking violations and would prohibit the use or access of these records for general law enforcement purposes or by federal authorities, as specified.
Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.
This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City and County of San Francisco.
02/11/26 - Introduced
February 11, 2026
03/12/26 - Amended Assembly
March 12, 2026
04/23/26 - Amended Assembly
April 23, 2026
06/15/26 - Amended Senate
June 15, 2026
08/24/26 - Enrolled
August 24, 2026
09/30/26 - Chaptered
September 30, 2026
03/20/26- Assembly Transportation
March 20, 2026
04/20/26- Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection
April 20, 2026
05/01/26- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 1, 2026
06/19/26- Senate Transportation
June 19, 2026
06/26/26- Senate Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection
June 26, 2026
07/01/26- Sen. Floor Analyses
July 1, 2026
08/19/26- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 19, 2026
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09/30/2026
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 900, Statutes of 2026.
09/30/2026
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
08/27/2026
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
08/20/2026
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 8. Page 6319.).
08/19/2026
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
08/19/2026
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9.).
06/30/2026
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
06/29/2026
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 29).
06/24/2026
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.
06/15/2026
Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
06/03/2026
Senate
Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and P., D.T., & C.P.
05/21/2026
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/21/2026
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 6. Page 5177.)
04/27/2026
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
04/23/2026
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
04/22/2026
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (April 21).
03/31/2026
Assembly
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
03/24/2026
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
03/16/2026
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
03/12/2026
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
03/02/2026
Assembly
Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and P. & C.P.
02/12/2026
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
02/11/2026
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
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Record Created
Feb 12, 2026 8:27:34 AM
Record Updated
Oct 2, 2026 9:26:41 AM