Plain English Breakdown
The official status shows the bill passed the legislature but was held in committee on August 29, 2025; final enactment depends on executive action not shown here.
Quick-Build Pilot Program for State Highways
This law creates a new program to speed up low-cost improvements on state highways and sets deadlines for planning guidance and funding at least six projects.
What This Bill Does
- Creates the Quick-Build Project Pilot Program within the Department of Transportation's maintenance program.
- Speeds up how fast low-cost highway improvements are planned and built.
- Requires the department to publish rules by December 31, 2027, for starting these projects in different districts.
- Requires the department to find money for at least six of these projects statewide by December 31, 2028.
Who It Names or Affects
- The California Department of Transportation
- State highway systems across the state
Terms To Know
- Quick-Build Project Pilot Program
- A new test program to speed up low-cost improvements on highways.
- State highway system
- The network of roads owned and managed by the state government.
Limits and Unknowns
- The text does not say how much money will be used for these projects.
- The bill does not list which specific highways or districts will get the first six projects.
- The exact details of what counts as a 'low-cost' project are not defined in this summary.