--- type: "Bill" title: "State and local transportation system: needs assessment." description: "Existing law requires the California Transportation Commission to adopt and submit to the Legislature an annual report summarizing its prior-year decisions in allocating transportation capital outlay appropriations, and identifying timely and relevant transportation issues facing the state. Existing law authorizes the report to also include a discussion of any significant upcoming transportation issues anticipated to be of concern to the public and the Legislature and requires the report to include specific, action-oriented, and pragmatic recommendations for legislation to improve the transportation system." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 1121" citation: "California SB 1121 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["State and local transportation system: needs assessment."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"] version_count: 7 action_count: 29 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2022-02-16" last_action: "2022-09-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7069c4f1-2474-4a5b-96ce-4e2c19fad8fa" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1121" source_hash: "9bba339aa0e6c263389fdb946ec239895579286526a49f6f926ea53d15f274d4" 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 1121 (20212022) — State and local transportation system: needs assessment. Existing law requires the California Transportation Commission to adopt and submit to the Legislature an annual report summarizing its prior-year decisions in allocating transportation capital outlay appropriations, and identifying timely and relevant transportation issues facing the state. Existing law authorizes the report to also include a discussion of any significant upcoming transportation issues anticipated to be of concern to the public and the Legislature and requires the report to include specific, action-oriented, and pragmatic recommendations for legislation to improve the transportation system. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1121&version=20210SB112199INT) 2. **03/08/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1121&version=20210SB112198AMD) 3. **04/06/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1121&version=20210SB112197AMD) 4. **08/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1121&version=20210SB112196AMD) 5. **09/23/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1121&version=20210SB112194CHP) 6. **SB1121** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1121) 7. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1121&version=20210SB112195ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **14–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading — **32–0** (pass) · upper - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB1121 Gonzalez Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower - SB 1121 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By Friedman — **78–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **14–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Gonzalez — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-02-16** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement. - **2022-02-17** From printer. - **2022-02-23** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2022-03-29** Set for hearing April 19. - **2022-04-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2022-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 3441.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-04-22** Set for hearing May 2. - **2022-05-02** May 2 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19. - **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3784.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3838.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2022-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2022-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2022-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-23** Ordered to third reading. - **2022-08-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2022-08-29** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5314.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m. - **2022-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 508, Statutes of 2022. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7069c4f1-2474-4a5b-96ce-4e2c19fad8fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).