Plain English Breakdown
The effective date is listed as empty in the metadata, though the bill was chaptered on October 13, 2025.
State Highway Work Zone Speed Safety Program
This law allows the Department of Transportation to use up to 35 speed safety systems on state highway construction or maintenance areas until January 1, 2032.
What This Bill Does
- Authorizes the Department of Transportation to set up a program with up to 35 speed safety systems in work zones on state highways.
- Requires the department to write rules for using these systems and talk to other agencies before starting the program.
- Keeps photos and records from the system private, allowing only specific public uses of that information.
- Creates a new account called the Safe Highway Work Zone Account to hold money collected from speeding tickets in work zones.
- Requires the department to send reports to lawmakers about how well the program works for safety every year after it starts.
Who It Names or Affects
- The California Department of Transportation
- Drivers traveling on state highway construction or maintenance areas
Terms To Know
- Speed safety system
- A program that uses cameras to enforce speed limits in work zones.
- Civil penalty
- A fine for breaking the speed law, which is not a criminal charge.
- Safe Highway Work Zone Account
- A special fund where money from speeding tickets in work zones goes to pay for safety programs and enforcement.
Limits and Unknowns
- The program can only run until January 1, 2032.
- Some changes regarding Section 70615 of the Government Code will not happen unless another law called SB 720 is also passed and this bill is enacted last.