---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rural Transit System Grant Program."
description: "Rural Transit System Grant Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 437"
citation: "California AB 437 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rural Transit System Grant Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-20"
last_action: "2001-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b37a51eb-f612-4c5c-9a5e-4bc6e0c881a6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB437"
source_hash: "201bbc2f590b1d30704353de96f7f0f614f4042ea315676f4e578ce2f043ca13"
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 437 (20012002) — Rural Transit System Grant Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB437&version=20010AB43799INT)
2. **05/23/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB437&version=20010AB43798AMD)
3. **07/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB437&version=20010AB43797AMD)
4. **09/25/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB437&version=20010AB43795CHP)
5. **AB437** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB437)
6. **09/06/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB437&version=20010AB43796ENR)

## Votes

- AB 437 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By Cardenas — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB437 Committee on Budget (Cardenas) Invoke Constitution — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 437 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB437 Committee on Budget (Cardenas) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3481.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2001-07-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 2190.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-21** Withdrawn from committee. Article IV, Sec. 8(b) dispensed with. Read second time and amended. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 0. Page 1839.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 10.) (May 22). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Budget. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2001-02-20** 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/b37a51eb-f612-4c5c-9a5e-4bc6e0c881a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).