--- type: "Bill" title: "High-Speed Rail Authority: property acquisition: capital outlays: public contracts: county assessor's records." description: "(1) Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relative to the development and implementation of a high-speed train system, including the acquisition of rights-of-way through purchase and eminent domain. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, approved by the voters at the November 4, 2008, general election, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion in bonds for high-speed rail train capital projects and other associated purposes." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 1172" citation: "California SB 1172 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["High-Speed Rail Authority: property acquisition: capital outlays: public contracts: county assessor's records."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Beall"] version_count: 7 action_count: 25 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2018-02-14" last_action: "2018-09-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81f67015-c5b0-41a8-a6cb-b864fc99b35d" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1172" source_hash: "946b75f0a8e9c39a8c34840cb63a83bad05c6565100453280f54cbf35e8d9774" 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 1172 (20172018) — High-Speed Rail Authority: property acquisition: capital outlays: public contracts: county assessor's records. (1) Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relative to the development and implementation of a high-speed train system, including the acquisition of rights-of-way through purchase and eminent domain. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, approved by the voters at the November 4, 2008, general election, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion in bonds for high-speed rail train capital projects and other associated purposes. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1172&version=20170SB117299INT) 2. **06/18/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1172&version=20170SB117298AMD) 3. **08/06/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1172&version=20170SB117297AMD) 4. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1172&version=20170SB117296AMD) 5. **09/26/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1172&version=20170SB117294CHP) 6. **SB1172** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1172) 7. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1172&version=20170SB117295ENR) ## Votes - Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB1172 Beall et al. Concurrence — **25–13** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower - SB 1172 Beall Senate Third Reading By ARAMBULA — **46–29** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–4** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Beall — primary (person) - Galgiani — author (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17. - **2018-02-22** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee` - **2018-03-13** Set for hearing March 20. - **2018-03-20** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 4418.) (March 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-03-22** From consent calendar on motion of Senator Beall. - **2018-03-22** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-04-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4640.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-04-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2018-04-23** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-08** August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 29. Page 6963.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 6128.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m. - **2018-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 790, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81f67015-c5b0-41a8-a6cb-b864fc99b35d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).