---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Transportation Commission: funding prohibition: coal shipment."
description: "Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission, with various duties and responsibilities relative to the programming and allocation of funds for transportation capital projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1279"
citation: "California SB 1279 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Transportation Commission: funding prohibition: coal shipment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hancock"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aef9322d-9ca8-407f-9651-8f23e8823934"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1279"
source_hash: "59926b200ce22e7a023aef497b38236e60beb4dbe3d6ca47774320b918cfb997"
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 1279 (20152016) — California Transportation Commission: funding prohibition: coal shipment.

Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission, with various duties and responsibilities relative to the programming and allocation of funds for transportation capital projects.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1279&version=20150SB127999INT)
2. **03/30/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1279&version=20150SB127998AMD)
3. **04/04/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1279&version=20150SB127997AMD)
4. **04/26/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1279&version=20150SB127996AMD)
5. **05/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1279&version=20150SB127995AMD)
6. **06/20/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1279&version=20150SB127994AMD)
7. **08/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1279&version=20150SB127993AMD)
8. **08/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1279&version=20150SB127991CHP)
9. **SB1279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1279)
10. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1279&version=20150SB127992ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1279 Hancock Senate Third Reading By BONTA — **50–26** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1279 Hancock Concurrence — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **14–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hancock — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Thurmond — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2016-03-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-04** April 5 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-04-05** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2016-04-13** April 12 hearing: Testimony taken. Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-04-14** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2016-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3. Page 3617.) (April 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2016-05-16** May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4007.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 4124.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-13** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 6019.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5375.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2016-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 215, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aef9322d-9ca8-407f-9651-8f23e8823934`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).