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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Transportation: omnibus bill."
+description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority for purposes of planning, developing, and delivering cost-effective and responsive transit connectivity between the Bay Area Rapid Transit District's rapid transit system and the Altamont Corridor Express commuter rail service in the Tri-Valley that meets the goals and objectives of the community, as specified. Existing law requires the authority's governing board to be composed of 15 representatives."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20252026"
+identifier: "SB 506"
+citation: "California SB 506 (20252026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Transportation", "omnibusbill"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Transportation"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 23
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-02-19"
+last_action: "2025-10-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f502de8-d0d0-4128-97db-20fa3fcd8020"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB506"
+source_hash: "833fbe77bf9a7073b45811c4a65028d23f26826579ab91cac3445ef8be188219"
+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 506 (20252026) — Transportation: omnibus bill.
+
+(1) Existing law establishes the Tri-Valley-San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority for purposes of planning, developing, and delivering cost-effective and responsive transit connectivity between the Bay Area Rapid Transit District's rapid transit system and the Altamont Corridor Express commuter rail service in the Tri-Valley that meets the goals and objectives of the community, as specified. Existing law requires the authority's governing board to be composed of 15 representatives.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB506&version=20250SB50699INT)
+2. **03/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB506&version=20250SB50698AMD)
+3. **06/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB506&version=20250SB50697AMD)
+4. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB506&version=20250SB50695CHP)
+5. **SB506** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB506)
+6. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB506&version=20250SB50696ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Special Consent SB506 TRANS. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 506 Transportation Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar 2nd SB506 TRANS. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Transportation — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
+- **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-24** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-25** Set for hearing April 8.
+- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 710.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10** Set for hearing April 21.
+- **2025-04-21** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 887.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2025-05-12** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
+- **2025-06-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2025-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2776.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2025-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2025-09-09** Ordered to special consent calendar.
+- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2927.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
+- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 417, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f502de8-d0d0-4128-97db-20fa3fcd8020`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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