AB-1051 • 2026

Route 76: Payómkawish Highway.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Davies
Last action: 2025-07-30
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 86, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact sections of Route 76 named as Payómkawish Highway are not specified in the provided official summary.

Route 76: Payómkawish Highway

This law names certain sections of Route 76 as the 'Payómkawish Highway' and requires the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs for this designation, which must be erected if sufficient donations are received from nonstate sources.

What This Bill Does

Names specified portions of Route 76 as the Payómkawish Highway.
Requires the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation.
Directs the department to erect these signs if sufficient donations are received from nonstate sources.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Transportation
People who drive on Route 76

Terms To Know

Department of Transportation: A state agency that takes care of roads and highways.
Payómkawish Highway: The new name for specified portions of Route 76 in California.

Limits and Unknowns

Does not specify which sections of Route 76 will be named the Payómkawish Highway.
Does not determine when or if signs will actually be put up, depending on donations.

Bill History

2025-07-30 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 86, Statutes of 2025.
2025-07-30 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-07-25 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2025-07-17 California Legislative Information
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2590.).
2025-07-10 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-07-10 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2043.).
2025-07-08 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-07-07 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-06-25 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-11 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-06-11 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-06-03 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1933.)
2025-05-27 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-14 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-29 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-28 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-04-24 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-17 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-03-13 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-13 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1051, Davies.
Route 76: Payómkawish Highway.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law provides for the California Transportation Commission to adopt locations for state highways on routes authorized by law, and describes the authorized routes in the state highway system, including that for Route 76, as provided.
This bill would name and designate specified portions of Route 76 as the “Payómkawish Highway.” The bill would require the department to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this special designation and, upon receiving sufficient donations from nonstate sources to cover those costs, to erect those signs.

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