---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation: rail service."
description: "Transportation: rail service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2206"
citation: "California AB 2206 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Transportation: rail service."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-20"
last_action: "2002-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a64d06e1-dd67-4ec8-9f7a-04a48852307f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2206"
source_hash: "9e4f1b9c66f9f1efd471ed193bbbbc3957c9967d8272ce7a7e3c0483f962b83e"
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 AB 2206 (20012002) — Transportation: rail service.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/20/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2206&version=20010AB220699INT)
2. **04/08/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2206&version=20010AB220698AMD)
3. **09/20/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2206&version=20010AB220696CHP)
4. **AB2206** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2206)
5. **08/27/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2206&version=20010AB220697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2206 Salinas By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2206 Salinas Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 736, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 5786.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-06-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-06-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 11. Page 6520.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 23. Noes 1.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-08** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-04** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (April 1). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2002-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a64d06e1-dd67-4ec8-9f7a-04a48852307f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).