--- type: "Bill" title: "Transportation programs." description: "Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the State Air Resources Board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "SB 231" citation: "California SB 231 (20152016)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["Transportation programs."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"] version_count: 6 action_count: 25 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2015-02-13" last_action: "2015-09-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4667fac8-e734-478c-b791-ebb4c85894b9" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231" source_hash: "e599135404cb5e769e20d7409b03f8ebd88eaf5b9c0ad3dbcb146a3324a6429a" 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 231 (20152016) — Transportation programs. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the State Air Resources Board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/13/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23199INT) 2. **04/20/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23198AMD) 3. **06/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23197AMD) 4. **09/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23195CHP) 5. **SB231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231) 6. **08/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23196ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower - SB 231 Gaines Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **16–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Gaines — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2015-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19. - **2015-02-26** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-02** Set for hearing April 21. - **2015-04-06** April 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2015-04-07** Set for hearing April 28. - **2015-04-20** 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` - **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 825.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18. - **2015-05-18** May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28. - **2015-06-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1149.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2015-06-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1323.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2015-06-15** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2636.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-08-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2015-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m. - **2015-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 286, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4667fac8-e734-478c-b791-ebb4c85894b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).