---
type: "Bill"
title: "Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century."
description: "Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 3034"
citation: "California AB 3034 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Safe", "Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Galgiani"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48d6ff28-83e7-4a7f-9a82-3180071baffb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3034"
source_hash: "41a550bb9b30b851bbfea0ba1ae73657155cd9a751a38ff1a70ecd018791e62c"
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 3034 (20072008) — Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3034&version=20070AB303499INT)
2. **04/09/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3034&version=20070AB303498AMD)
3. **04/21/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3034&version=20070AB303497AMD)
4. **06/26/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3034&version=20070AB303496AMD)
5. **07/07/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3034&version=20070AB303495AMD)
6. **07/10/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3034&version=20070AB303494AMD)
7. **08/06/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3034&version=20070AB303493AMD)
8. **08/26/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3034&version=20070AB303491CHP)
9. **AB3034** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3034)
10. **08/26/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3034&version=20070AB303492ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3034 GALGIANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 2nd Reading AB3034 Galgiani Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 3034 GALGIANI Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Galgiani — primary (person)
- Adams — coauthor (person)
- Aghazarian — coauthor (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — coauthor (person)
- Carter — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Charles Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Coto — coauthor (person)
- Davis — principal coauthor (person)
- De Leon — coauthor (person)
- Dymally — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Houston — coauthor (person)
- Huffman — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Ma — author (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Parra — principal coauthor (person)
- Price — coauthor (person)
- Ruskin — coauthor (person)
- Saldana — coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Simitian — coauthor (person)
- Solorio — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)
- Torrico — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 14). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 3. Page 5588.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-06-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 4379.)
- **2008-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-06-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Housing. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-07** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2008-07-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 6.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-06** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-07** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2008-08-07** (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 4842.)
- **2008-08-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 4842.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 6459.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2008-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 267, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48d6ff28-83e7-4a7f-9a82-3180071baffb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).