---
type: "Bill"
title: "Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program."
description: "Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the State Air Resources Board from 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 9"
citation: "California SB 9 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beall"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2014-12-01"
last_action: "2015-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09dbb198-9fbe-4fc7-ae16-242e0deec099"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9"
source_hash: "48ed573cccd9a6ee3a4ab1392e926162db2af2b20e2236f82eca94656effddb8"
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 9 (20152016) — Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program.

Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the State Air Resources Board from 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. **12/01/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB999INT)
2. **03/24/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB998AMD)
3. **04/15/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB997AMD)
4. **05/05/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB996AMD)
5. **06/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB995AMD)
6. **06/23/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB994AMD)
7. **07/02/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB993AMD)
8. **07/07/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB992AMD)
9. **07/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB991AMD)
10. **08/17/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB990AMD)
11. **09/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB989AMD)
12. **10/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB987CHP)
13. **SB9** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9)
14. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB9&version=20150SB988ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB9 Beall Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 9 Beall Senate Third Reading By FRAZIER — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Transportation and Housing] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beall — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-12-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2014-12-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 1.
- **2015-01-15** Referred to Coms. on E.Q. and T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-03** Set for hearing March 18.
- **2015-03-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 349.) (March 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-03-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-14** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-04-15** 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`
- **2015-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 824.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **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 1145.) (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`
- **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 1286.) 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 NAT. RES. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-22** Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and NAT. RES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-23** 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`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 2842.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2502.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2015-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 710, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09dbb198-9fbe-4fc7-ae16-242e0deec099`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).