---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transactions and use taxes: County of Alameda and the County of Contra Costa."
description: "Existing law authorizes the County of Alameda to impose a transactions and use tax for the support of countywide transportation programs at a rate of no more than 0.5% that, in combination with other specified taxes, exceeds the combined rate of all these taxes that may be imposed, if certain requirements are met, including a requirement that the ordinance proposing the transactions and use tax be submitted to, and approved by, the voters on a certain date. Existing law repeals this authority on January 1, 2014, if the ordinance is not approved by the voters on that date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 210"
citation: "California AB 210 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transactions and use taxes: County of Alameda and the County of Contra Costa."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-01-30"
last_action: "2013-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff093f8d-4b48-4337-9caa-0751ce3a1a92"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB210"
source_hash: "2ac6b48970cddd68cf5a75506c94f479d62c4cb862676ab01cd8582d929c9cb3"
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 210 (20132014) — Transactions and use taxes: County of Alameda and the County of Contra Costa.

Existing law authorizes the County of Alameda to impose a transactions and use tax for the support of countywide transportation programs at a rate of no more than 0.5% that, in combination with other specified taxes, exceeds the combined rate of all these taxes that may be imposed, if certain requirements are met, including a requirement that the ordinance proposing the transactions and use tax be submitted to, and approved by, the voters on a certain date. Existing law repeals this authority on January 1, 2014, if the ordinance is not approved by the voters on that date.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB210&version=20130AB21099INT)
2. **03/18/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB210&version=20130AB21098AMD)
3. **04/23/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB210&version=20130AB21097AMD)
4. **08/28/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB210&version=20130AB21095CHP)
5. **AB210** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB210)
6. **08/20/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB210&version=20130AB21096ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB210 Wieckowski By Corbett — **25–12** (pass) · upper
- AB 210 WIECKOWSKI Assembly Third Reading — **46–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB210 Wieckowski By Corbett Reconsider — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB210 Wieckowski By Corbett — **20–12** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wieckowski — primary (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Buchanan — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
- Quirk — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
- **2013-02-07** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 23. Page 1336.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 20. Noes 12. Page 1699.). `reading-3, failure, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Corbett.
- **2013-07-08** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 1699.)
- **2013-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 1857.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-15** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2013-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 194, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff093f8d-4b48-4337-9caa-0751ce3a1a92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).