AB 738 California Assembly · 2013-2014 Regular Session

Public entity liability: bicycles.

Summary

Existing law specifies that a public entity or a public employee shall not be liable for an injury caused by the plan or design of a construction of, or an improvement to, public property in specified cases. Existing law allows public entities to establish bicycle lanes on public roads. This bill would provide that a public entity or an employee of a public entity acting within his or her official capacity is not be liable for an injury caused to a person riding a bicycle while traveling on a roadway, if the public entity has provided a bike lane on that roadway.

Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2013

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 21, 2013 Last action Feb 3, 2014

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Committee

Apr 23, 2013

Lower · Passed

In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

lower

Mar 7, 2013

Committee

Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. GOV.

lower

Feb 22, 2013

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

lower

1 primary · 2 co-sponsors