---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation."
description: "(1) Existing law prescribes certain standards for a transit bus operated by a motor carrier, whether the motor carrier is a private company or a public agency, that provides public transportation services. A violation of these provisions is a crime."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 565"
citation: "California SB 565 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeSaulnier"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c17a29d-4b08-4287-a7f4-66c319d34fb3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB565"
source_hash: "25417110428ac2896db7db33d8f8ada51d09636ac02959a7dea9ebac71bc1ca0"
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 SB 565 (20112012) — Transportation.

(1) Existing law prescribes certain standards for a transit bus operated by a motor carrier, whether the motor carrier is a private company or a public agency, that provides public transportation services. A violation of these provisions is a crime.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB565&version=20110SB56599INT)
2. **05/23/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB565&version=20110SB56598AMD)
3. **06/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB565&version=20110SB56597AMD)
4. **07/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB565&version=20110SB56596AMD)
5. **08/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB565&version=20110SB56595AMD)
6. **09/26/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB565&version=20110SB56593CHP)
7. **SB565** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB565)
8. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB565&version=20110SB56594ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 565 DeSaulnier Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL — **55–23** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB565 DeSaulnier Concurrence — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 565 DeSaulnier Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL Amend By LOWENTHAL Set #1 — **51–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeSaulnier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2011-03-30** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 496.) (March 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-31** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 568.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-28** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-20** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-11** From consent calendar.
- **2011-07-11** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-22** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 2512.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-08-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 23. Page 2577.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-25** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2150.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 341, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c17a29d-4b08-4287-a7f4-66c319d34fb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).