---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commute benefit policies: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority."
description: "Existing law declares that the fostering, continuance, and development of public transportation systems are a matter of statewide concern. Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with various powers and duties with respect to transportation planning, programming, construction, and operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2548"
citation: "California AB 2548 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commute benefit policies: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Friedman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-08-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a89b231-a432-4894-8c69-e645c503824d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2548"
source_hash: "6bc041ca09222cd702b445402dfa1c33aa3075df9509e033ddf3b500a746299a"
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 AB 2548 (20172018) — Commute benefit policies: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Existing law declares that the fostering, continuance, and development of public transportation systems are a matter of statewide concern. Existing law creates the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with various powers and duties with respect to transportation planning, programming, construction, and operations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2548&version=20170AB254899INT)
2. **04/12/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2548&version=20170AB254898AMD)
3. **06/25/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2548&version=20170AB254897AMD)
4. **08/20/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2548&version=20170AB254895CHP)
5. **AB2548** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2548)
6. **08/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2548&version=20170AB254896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2548 Friedman By Allen — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 2548 FRIEDMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–16** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2548 FRIEDMAN Assembly Third Reading — **55–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Friedman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2018-03-05** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 4935.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-07-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 5105.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 16. Page 6141.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2018-08-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-08-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 173, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a89b231-a432-4894-8c69-e645c503824d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).