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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Transportation programs."
+description: "Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the State Air Resources Board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "SB 231"
+citation: "California SB 231 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
+subjects: ["Transportation programs."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2015-02-13"
+last_action: "2015-09-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4667fac8-e734-478c-b791-ebb4c85894b9"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231"
+source_hash: "e599135404cb5e769e20d7409b03f8ebd88eaf5b9c0ad3dbcb146a3324a6429a"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 231 (20152016) — Transportation programs.
+
+Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the State Air Resources Board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/13/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23199INT)
+2. **04/20/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23198AMD)
+3. **06/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23197AMD)
+4. **09/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23195CHP)
+5. **SB231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231)
+6. **08/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23196ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 231 Gaines Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gaines — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2015-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
+- **2015-02-26** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-04-02** Set for hearing April 21.
+- **2015-04-06** April 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
+- **2015-04-07** Set for hearing April 28.
+- **2015-04-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 825.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
+- **2015-05-18** May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
+- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
+- **2015-06-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1149.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2015-06-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1323.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2015-06-15** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
+- **2015-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2636.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
+- **2015-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
+- **2015-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2015-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 286, Statutes of 2015.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4667fac8-e734-478c-b791-ebb4c85894b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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