SB-990 • 2026

Highways: exit information.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Grove
Last action: 2026-04-21
Official status: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not specify what kind of information the signs can display beyond identifying specific roadside businesses.

Highways: Exit Information Signs

This law allows specific information signs to be placed near certain exits on State Route 395 until January 1, 2037.

What This Bill Does

Requires the Department of Transportation to allow the placement of information signs along southbound State Route 395 just before the exit to State Route 178 eastbound.
Permits the placement of information signs along northbound State Route 395 just before the South China Lake Boulevard northbound exit.

Who It Names or Affects

The Department of Transportation
Businesses near the specified exits on State Route 395

Terms To Know

Department of Transportation: A government agency that manages and maintains roads, highways, and public transportation.
Information signs: Signs that provide details about specific roadside businesses near highway exits.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill only applies until January 1, 2037.
It does not specify what kind of information the signs can show beyond identifying specific roadside businesses.

Bill History

2026-04-21 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-04-20 California Legislative Information
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2026-04-10 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 20.
2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-25 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2026-03-17 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 7.
2026-03-09 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2026-02-18 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
2026-02-09 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
2026-02-05 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 990, as amended, Grove.
Highways: exit information.
Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to adopt rules and regulations that allow the placement, near exits on freeways in rural areas, of information signs identifying specific roadside businesses. Existing law generally prohibits the placement of a sign within an urban area with a population of 5,000 or more, with certain exceptions.
This
bill
bill, until January 1, 2037,
would require the department to allow the placement of information signs along southbound State Route 395 just before the State Route 178 eastbound exit and along northbound State Route 395 just before the South China Lake Boulevard northbound exit.

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