AB-1379
Justice & Public Safety

Vehicles: speed safety system pilot program.

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CA
2025-2026 Regular Session
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Key Takeaways

  • Authorizes Sacramento to join six other California cities in operating automated speed cameras through 2032.
  • Requires cities to install warning signs and issue warnings instead of tickets for the first 60 days of enforcement.
  • Mandates removal of speed cameras after 18 months unless they reduce speeding by at least 20 percent.
  • Restricts camera placement to school zones, high-crash areas, and streets with frequent illegal street racing.

Summary

Assembly Member Nguyen's proposal to expand California's speed safety system pilot program would authorize Sacramento to join six other jurisdictions in implementing automated speed enforcement technology through January 2032. The measure maintains existing requirements for cities to adopt detailed usage policies and impact reports before deploying systems in school zones, designated safety corridors, and areas with documented street racing incidents.

The legislation preserves core operational standards, including mandatory warning periods, public notification campaigns, and population-based limits on system deployment. Cities must demonstrate that cameras are placed in geographically and socioeconomically diverse locations while adhering to strict data privacy protocols. Systems can only remain at specific sites for 18 months unless they achieve defined speed reduction targets or the jurisdiction implements physical traffic calming measures.

Under the bill's provisions, automated enforcement remains prohibited on state routes, freeways, and unincorporated areas under California Highway Patrol jurisdiction. Contracts with technology vendors cannot include incentives based on citation volumes, and all photographic evidence must be limited to vehicle license plates, with specific protections against facial recognition or broader surveillance capabilities. The measure requires regular system inspections, independent calibration, and destruction of records within prescribed timeframes to maintain privacy safeguards.

Key Dates

Next Step
Referred to the Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation
Next Step
Assembly Committee
Referred to the Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation
Hearing has not been scheduled yet
Introduced. To print.
Assembly Floor
Introduced. To print.
Introduced. To print.

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Tom LackeyR
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Cecilia Aguiar-CurryD
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Laurie DaviesR
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Chris WardD
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Lori WilsonD
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Stephanie NguyenD
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Introduced By

Stephanie Nguyen
Stephanie NguyenD
California State Assembly Member
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Bill has been formally introduced and read for the first time in its house of origin (2/21/2025)

Key Takeaways

  • Authorizes Sacramento to join six other California cities in operating automated speed cameras through 2032.
  • Requires cities to install warning signs and issue warnings instead of tickets for the first 60 days of enforcement.
  • Mandates removal of speed cameras after 18 months unless they reduce speeding by at least 20 percent.
  • Restricts camera placement to school zones, high-crash areas, and streets with frequent illegal street racing.

Get Involved

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Email the authors or create an email template to send to all relevant legislators.

Introduced By

Stephanie Nguyen
Stephanie NguyenD
California State Assembly Member

Summary

Assembly Member Nguyen's proposal to expand California's speed safety system pilot program would authorize Sacramento to join six other jurisdictions in implementing automated speed enforcement technology through January 2032. The measure maintains existing requirements for cities to adopt detailed usage policies and impact reports before deploying systems in school zones, designated safety corridors, and areas with documented street racing incidents.

The legislation preserves core operational standards, including mandatory warning periods, public notification campaigns, and population-based limits on system deployment. Cities must demonstrate that cameras are placed in geographically and socioeconomically diverse locations while adhering to strict data privacy protocols. Systems can only remain at specific sites for 18 months unless they achieve defined speed reduction targets or the jurisdiction implements physical traffic calming measures.

Under the bill's provisions, automated enforcement remains prohibited on state routes, freeways, and unincorporated areas under California Highway Patrol jurisdiction. Contracts with technology vendors cannot include incentives based on citation volumes, and all photographic evidence must be limited to vehicle license plates, with specific protections against facial recognition or broader surveillance capabilities. The measure requires regular system inspections, independent calibration, and destruction of records within prescribed timeframes to maintain privacy safeguards.

10% progression
Bill has been formally introduced and read for the first time in its house of origin (2/21/2025)

Key Dates

Next Step
Referred to the Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation
Next Step
Assembly Committee
Referred to the Assembly Standing Committee on Transportation
Hearing has not been scheduled yet
Introduced. To print.
Assembly Floor
Introduced. To print.
Introduced. To print.

Contacts

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Tom LackeyR
Assemblymember
Committee Member
Not Contacted
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Cecilia Aguiar-CurryD
Assemblymember
Committee Member
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Not Contacted
Profile
Laurie DaviesR
Assemblymember
Committee Member
Not Contacted
Not Contacted
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Chris WardD
Assemblymember
Committee Member
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Not Contacted
Profile
Lori WilsonD
Assemblymember
Committee Member
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Tom LackeyR
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Cecilia Aguiar-CurryD
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Laurie DaviesR
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Chris WardD
Assemblymember
Committee Member
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Lori WilsonD
Assemblymember
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Gregg HartD
Assemblymember
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Josh HooverR
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Corey JacksonD
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Juan CarrilloD
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Josh LowenthalD
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Diane PapanD
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Stephanie NguyenD
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Patrick AhrensD
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John HarabedianD
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Alexandra MacedoR
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Rhodesia RansomD
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Chris RogersD
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