Freeway Service Patrol Act: sponsorship agreement.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Davies
Last action: 2025-08-29
Official status: In committee: Held under submission.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does not specify the exact nature of operational requirements or revenue generation details.

Freeway Service Patrol Act: Sponsorship Agreement

This act allows regional or local governments to partner with private companies for freeway service patrols and display sponsors' logos on tow trucks.

What This Bill Does

Allows the Department of Transportation, California Highway Patrol, and local entities to create sponsorship agreements with private companies for freeway service patrols.
Requires participating tow trucks to show a specific logo identifying the state departments involved.
Permits regional or local governments to earn extra money by letting sponsors put their logos on tow trucks in addition to the required logo.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Transportation
California Highway Patrol
Regional or local governmental entities
Private companies interested in sponsoring freeway service patrols

Terms To Know

Freeway Service Patrol: A program that provides help to drivers on busy freeways, like towing and fixing cars.
Sponsorship Agreement: An agreement where a private company pays for the right to put their name or logo on tow trucks used in freeway service patrols.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much extra money regional or local entities can earn from sponsorships.
It is unclear what operational requirements will be included when updating guidelines after January 1, 2026.

Bill History

2025-08-29 California Legislative Information
In committee: Held under submission.
2025-06-30 California Legislative Information
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-06-19 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-10 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-02 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.
2025-05-07 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-03-28 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-03-28 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 918.)
2025-03-26 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-03-25 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 24).
2025-02-10 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-01-18 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
2025-01-17 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 266, as amended, Davies.
Freeway Service Patrol Act: sponsorship agreement.
The Freeway Service Patrol Act authorizes and provides funding for freeway service patrols, operated pursuant to an agreement between the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Transportation, and a regional or local governmental entity, to provide emergency roadside assistance on traffic-congested urban freeways throughout the state. The act requires each tow truck participating in a freeway service patrol to bear a specified logo that identifies the Department of the California Highway Patrol and the Department of Transportation, and, at the option of the entity, the participating regional or local entity.
This bill would
require the Department of Transportation, the Department of the California Highway Patrol, and participating and
eligible regional and local entities to, each time the guidelines for program operations are updated after January 1, 2026, consider developing or revising and including in the guidelines operational requirements for sponsorship agreements between a participating regional or local entity and any private third party that allow for the display of the sponsor’s name and logo on participating tow trucks, as provided. The bill would
authorize a participating regional or local entity to generate additional revenue for its freeway service patrol by entering into
exclusive
a
sponsorship
agreements
agreement, subject to those operational requirements,
that
allow
allows
for the display of a sponsor’s name and logo on participating tow trucks, as specified, that are in addition to the above-described required logo.

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