---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: relocation."
description: "Public utilities: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: relocation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2511"
citation: "California AB 2511 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: relocation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutra"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb68c326-ac25-41f3-a75f-2d311dc8ebec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2511"
source_hash: "169dfcf7e5144338fb80de51c3eb4602ccc206bade8ec2e09bd5f514f0bd2b72"
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 2511 (20012002) — Public utilities: Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: relocation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2511&version=20010AB251199INT)
2. **04/11/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2511&version=20010AB251198AMD)
3. **04/18/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2511&version=20010AB251197AMD)
4. **04/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2511&version=20010AB251196AMD)
5. **05/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2511&version=20010AB251195AMD)
6. **06/06/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2511&version=20010AB251194AMD)
7. **06/24/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2511&version=20010AB251193AMD)
8. **08/06/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2511&version=20010AB251192AMD)
9. **09/18/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2511&version=20010AB251190CHP)
10. **AB2511** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2511)
11. **08/19/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2511&version=20010AB251191ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2511 Dutra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2511 Dutra By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2511 Dutra Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 655, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 7726.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 5411.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-06** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 5). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 5862.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb68c326-ac25-41f3-a75f-2d311dc8ebec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).