Amended IN Senate March 27, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 467Introduced by Senator LairdFebruary 19, 2025An act to add Section 101.20 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 467, as amended, Laird. Memorial highways: Memorial Highways: Highway Signage Fund.Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law authorizes the department to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possession, or control.This bill would establish the Memorial Highway Signage Fund in the State Treasury and would make moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the departments costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 101.20 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:101.20. (a) The Memorial Highway Signage Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.(b) All moneys in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, shall be available, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the departments costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity. Amended IN Senate March 27, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 467Introduced by Senator LairdFebruary 19, 2025An act to add Section 101.20 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 467, as amended, Laird. Memorial highways: Memorial Highways: Highway Signage Fund.Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law authorizes the department to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possession, or control.This bill would establish the Memorial Highway Signage Fund in the State Treasury and would make moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the departments costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Amended IN Senate March 27, 2025 Amended IN Senate March 27, 2025 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 467 Introduced by Senator LairdFebruary 19, 2025 Introduced by Senator Laird February 19, 2025 An act to add Section 101.20 to the Streets and Highways Code, relating to highways. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 467, as amended, Laird. Memorial highways: Memorial Highways: Highway Signage Fund. Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law authorizes the department to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possession, or control.This bill would establish the Memorial Highway Signage Fund in the State Treasury and would make moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the departments costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity. Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways. Existing law authorizes the department to do any act necessary, convenient, or proper for the construction, improvement, maintenance, or use of all highways that are under its jurisdiction, possession, or control. This bill would establish the Memorial Highway Signage Fund in the State Treasury and would make moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the departments costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 101.20 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:101.20. (a) The Memorial Highway Signage Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.(b) All moneys in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, shall be available, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the departments costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 101.20 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read:101.20. (a) The Memorial Highway Signage Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.(b) All moneys in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, shall be available, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the departments costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity. SECTION 1. Section 101.20 is added to the Streets and Highways Code, to read: ### SECTION 1. 101.20. (a) The Memorial Highway Signage Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.(b) All moneys in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, shall be available, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the departments costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity. 101.20. (a) The Memorial Highway Signage Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.(b) All moneys in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, shall be available, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the departments costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity. 101.20. (a) The Memorial Highway Signage Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.(b) All moneys in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, shall be available, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the departments costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity. 101.20. (a) The Memorial Highway Signage Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. (b) All moneys in the fund, including state General Fund appropriations, public or private bequeaths, donations, gifts, or grants, and any federal funds, shall be available, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, to the department for the departments costs in erecting signage for memorial highway designations previously approved by the Legislature that memorialize individuals who have promoted racial and gender equity.