ACR-71 • 2026

Little Saigon Freeway.

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Kalra
Last action: 2026-02-20
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 4, Statutes of 2026.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify when the signs will be installed and leaves open how much money would be needed for the signs or if sufficient donations will be received.

Little Saigon Freeway

This law designates a section of State Route 101 in Santa Clara County as the Little Saigon Freeway and requests the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this new name, with installation contingent on sufficient donations from nonstate sources.

What This Bill Does

Designates a section of State Route 101 between Story Road and where it meets Routes 280 and 680 in Santa Clara County as the Little Saigon Freeway.
Requests the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing this new name.

Who It Names or Affects

People who live near State Route 101 in Santa Clara County
The Department of Transportation

Terms To Know

State Route 101: A major highway that runs through California.
Department of Transportation: An agency in charge of building and maintaining roads, bridges, and other transportation systems.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify when the signs will be put up.
It is unclear how much money would be needed for the signs or if enough donations will be received from nonstate sources.

Bill History

2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 4, Statutes of 2026.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and filed with the Secretary of State at 3:30 p.m.
2026-02-13 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-02-13 California Legislative Information
Adopted and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.)
2026-02-10 California Legislative Information
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2026-01-20 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2026-01-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be adopted, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (January 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-12-22 California Legislative Information
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-08-20 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-07-15 California Legislative Information
In Senate. To Com. on RLS.
2025-07-14 California Legislative Information
Adopted and to Senate. (Page 2535.)
2025-07-14 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2025-07-10 California Legislative Information
Ordered to third reading.
2025-07-10 California Legislative Information
From Consent Calendar.
2025-07-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be adopted. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7).
2025-06-23 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-06-19 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Amended.
2025-05-05 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2025-04-29 California Legislative Information
From printer.
2025-04-28 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

ACR 71, Kalra.
Little Saigon Freeway.
This measure would designate the portion of State Route 101 in the County of Santa Clara from Story Road to the junction with State Highway Route 280 and State Highway Route 680 as the Little Saigon Freeway. The measure also would request the Department of Transportation to determine the cost of appropriate signs showing that special designation and, upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, to erect those signs.

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