---
type: "Bill"
title: "Monterey-Salinas Transit District Act."
description: "Existing law establishes various local entities to carry out transportation functions within their respective areas of jurisdiction."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 644"
citation: "California AB 644 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Monterey-Salinas Transit District Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Caballero"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f78f4d2-5066-4d66-8e50-3da9c4dbd570"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB644"
source_hash: "14e74389591a18814afb5ce987f098fe3aa680d848beae2020d556fc65ef36d2"
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 644 (20092010) — Monterey-Salinas Transit District Act.

Existing law establishes various local entities to carry out transportation functions within their respective areas of jurisdiction.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB644&version=20090AB64499INT)
2. **05/07/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB644&version=20090AB64498AMD)
3. **06/09/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB644&version=20090AB64497AMD)
4. **06/25/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB644&version=20090AB64496AMD)
5. **08/19/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB644&version=20090AB64495AMD)
6. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB644&version=20090AB64493CHP)
7. **AB644** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB644)
8. **09/09/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB644&version=20090AB64494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB644 Caballero By Denham — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 644 CABALLERO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 644 CABALLERO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Caballero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2009-03-23** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-04-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1628.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-06-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (June 16). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-25** (Corrected July 21.)
- **2009-07-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-07-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 5. Page 2052.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-03** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2970.)
- **2009-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2982.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 7 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 460, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f78f4d2-5066-4d66-8e50-3da9c4dbd570`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).