---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commute benefit policies."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to jointly adopt a commute benefit ordinance that requires covered employers operating within the common area of the 2 agencies with a specified number of covered employees to offer those employees certain commute benefits through a pilot program. Existing law requires that the ordinance specify certain matters, including any consequences for noncompliance, and imposes a specified reporting requirement. Existing law makes these provisions inoperative on January 1, 2017."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1128"
citation: "California SB 1128 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commute benefit policies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7bb7c90-1f4a-4c80-919b-2a26182abd3c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1128"
source_hash: "accb96f3f989f727b47b429c352e51740615ab11202e49d0471c5ba9d7785a69"
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 1128 (20152016) — Commute benefit policies.

Existing law authorizes the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to jointly adopt a commute benefit ordinance that requires covered employers operating within the common area of the 2 agencies with a specified number of covered employees to offer those employees certain commute benefits through a pilot program. Existing law requires that the ordinance specify certain matters, including any consequences for noncompliance, and imposes a specified reporting requirement. Existing law makes these provisions inoperative on January 1, 2017.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1128&version=20150SB112899INT)
2. **09/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1128&version=20150SB112897CHP)
3. **SB1128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1128)
4. **08/22/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1128&version=20150SB112898ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1128 Glazer Senate Third Reading By CHIU — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Glazer — primary (person)
- Baker — coauthor (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Bonilla — coauthor (person)
- Campos — coauthor (person)
- Chiu — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Hill — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Quirk — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)
- Wolk — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3396.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3534.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-06** June 13 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-20** June 20 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5879.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 483, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7bb7c90-1f4a-4c80-919b-2a26182abd3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).