---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: public transportation: minors."
description: "Existing law makes it an infraction or a misdemeanor to evade the payment of a fare on a public transit system, to misuse a transfer, pass, ticket, or token with the intent to evade the payment of a fare, or to use a discount ticket without authorization or fail to present, upon request from a transit system representative, acceptable proof of eligibility to use a discount ticket."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 882"
citation: "California SB 882 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes: public transportation: minors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-01-15"
last_action: "2016-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4271153-0b3c-4fae-a941-481346a86fba"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB882"
source_hash: "6b9cf6daa0108bde66ee4f541abd603ee35fd707528121abb92c4a2335a8ad4a"
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 882 (20152016) — Crimes: public transportation: minors.

Existing law makes it an infraction or a misdemeanor to evade the payment of a fare on a public transit system, to misuse a transfer, pass, ticket, or token with the intent to evade the payment of a fare, or to use a discount ticket without authorization or fail to present, upon request from a transit system representative, acceptable proof of eligibility to use a discount ticket.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/15/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB882&version=20150SB88299INT)
2. **05/31/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB882&version=20150SB88298AMD)
3. **08/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB882&version=20150SB88296CHP)
4. **SB882** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB882)
5. **08/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB882&version=20150SB88297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 882 Hertzberg Senate Third Reading By JONES-SAWYER — **45–29** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **24–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Dababneh — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
- **2016-01-28** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-16** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3521.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2016-04-25** April 25 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 3998.) (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 23. Noes 14. Page 4127.) 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 PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 29. Page 5717.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2016-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 167, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b4271153-0b3c-4fae-a941-481346a86fba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).