--- type: "Bill" title: "Transit operators: paratransit: recertification of eligibility." description: "Under the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act, also known as the Transportation Development Act, revenues from a 14 percent sales tax in each county are, among other things, available for allocation by the transportation planning agency to transit operators and for community transit services. Existing law requires a transit operator that receives funds through the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act and that provides dial-a-ride or paratransit service to provide those services consistent with certain requirements." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "AB 1250" citation: "California AB 1250 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Transitoperators", "paratransit", "recertificationofeligibility"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Papan"] version_count: 8 action_count: 29 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2025-02-21" last_action: "2025-10-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77c4bd00-3c44-4997-99f0-2bdfd50b5352" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1250" source_hash: "b0af328080764625c36087a4f731293683badccfc833e3b0e09f7e8d4cb4ef8e" 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 1250 (20252026) — Transit operators: paratransit: recertification of eligibility. Under the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act, also known as the Transportation Development Act, revenues from a 14 percent sales tax in each county are, among other things, available for allocation by the transportation planning agency to transit operators and for community transit services. Existing law requires a transit operator that receives funds through the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act and that provides dial-a-ride or paratransit service to provide those services consistent with certain requirements. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1250&version=20250AB125099INT) 2. **04/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1250&version=20250AB125098AMD) 3. **06/30/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1250&version=20250AB125097AMD) 4. **08/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1250&version=20250AB125096AMD) 5. **09/03/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1250&version=20250AB125095AMD) 6. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1250&version=20250AB125093CHP) 7. **AB1250** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1250) 8. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1250&version=20250AB125094ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading AB1250 Papan By Strickland — **40–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB1250 Papan By Strickland — **40–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1250 Papan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1250 Papan Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Papan — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction` - **2025-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24. - **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2025-03-17** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-10** 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-1, reading-2` - **2025-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2025-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1664.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2025-06-04** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-08-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2452.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-03** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3` - **2025-09-03** Ordered to third reading. - **2025-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2662.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - **2025-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3248.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 725, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/77c4bd00-3c44-4997-99f0-2bdfd50b5352`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).