---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sacramento Regional Transit District: bonds."
description: "Existing law, the Sacramento Regional Transit District Act, creates the Sacramento Regional Transit District with specified powers and duties relative to providing transit services in the Sacramento region."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1143"
citation: "California AB 1143 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sacramento Regional Transit District: bonds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickinson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33f50eb4-e06e-4026-89a6-1bce7572163e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1143"
source_hash: "855e5415174bfe382354e403835319599e884aa91c9897474753d64f993151e8"
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 1143 (20112012) — Sacramento Regional Transit District: bonds.

Existing law, the Sacramento Regional Transit District Act, creates the Sacramento Regional Transit District with specified powers and duties relative to providing transit services in the Sacramento region.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1143&version=20110AB114399INT)
2. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1143&version=20110AB114398AMD)
3. **06/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1143&version=20110AB114397AMD)
4. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1143&version=20110AB114396AMD)
5. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1143&version=20110AB114394CHP)
6. **AB1143** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1143)
7. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1143&version=20110AB114395ENR)

## Votes

- amendments be concurred in. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1143 DICKINSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **49–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1143 DICKINSON Assembly Third Reading — **71–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1143 Dickinson By Gaines — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-17** Referred to Com. on B., P. & C.P. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 5. Page 1806.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-16** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-06-22** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 1964.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-22** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2011-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2649.)
- **2011-08-31** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 31). `committee-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 2867.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 537, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33f50eb4-e06e-4026-89a6-1bce7572163e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).