---
type: "Bill"
title: "Ports: congestion relief: air pollution mitigation."
description: "(1) Existing law regulates the operation of ports and harbors. Existing law provides for the formation and organization of port districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 739"
citation: "California SB 739 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ports: congestion relief: air pollution mitigation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80377190-38ce-4163-b0a2-525d9cf87286"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB739"
source_hash: "6e216b23b7526dc0bac86dd5c8445aff2ed5328c2298a334959336fcb6968fc3"
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 739 (20112012) — Ports: congestion relief: air pollution mitigation.

(1) Existing law regulates the operation of ports and harbors. Existing law provides for the formation and organization of port districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB739&version=20110SB73999INT)
2. **06/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB739&version=20110SB73998AMD)
3. **07/07/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB739&version=20110SB73997AMD)
4. **10/02/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB739&version=20110SB73995CHP)
5. **SB739** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB739)
6. **09/02/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB739&version=20110SB73996ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB739 Lowenthal Concurrence — **32–7** (pass) · upper
- SB 739 Lowenthal Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL — **57–21** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **32–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **12–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Furutani — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-10** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 544.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 856.) (May 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 1174.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 21. Page 2731.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 7. Page 2244.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:45 a.m.
- **2011-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 427, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80377190-38ce-4163-b0a2-525d9cf87286`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).