BILL NUMBER: SB 236INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Beall FEBRUARY 17, 2015 An act to amend Section 555 of the Vehicle Code, relating to pedestrian travel. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 236, as introduced, Beall. Pedestrian travel: stairways. Existing law defines "sidewalk" for purposes of the Vehicle Code to mean a portion of a highway, other than a roadway, set apart by curbs, barriers, markings, or other delineation for pedestrian travel. This bill would exempt from this definition of "sidewalk" a stairway used or designated primarily for pedestrian travel. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 555 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 555. "Sidewalk" is that portion of a highway, other than the roadway, set apart by curbs, barriers, markings , or other delineation for pedestrian travel. A stairway used or designated primarily for pedestrian travel is not a sidewalk.