--- type: "Bill" title: "Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District." description: "Existing law creates, within the Counties of Sonoma and Marin, the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District with specified duties and powers relative to the provision of a passenger and freight rail system within the territory of the district. Under existing law, the district is governed by a 12-member board of directors appointed by various local governmental entities. Existing law authorizes the board to submit to the voters of the district a measure proposing a retail transactions and use tax ordinance." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 904" citation: "California SB 904 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"] version_count: 6 action_count: 27 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2024-01-04" last_action: "2024-09-28" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8ea0d4e-33f2-4d1b-89a9-01dfe70038cb" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904" source_hash: "e3c572544479b57970cbb25435578e84b2a46b4fa4aaff85b263b735addd0701" 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 904 (20232024) — Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District. Existing law creates, within the Counties of Sonoma and Marin, the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District with specified duties and powers relative to the provision of a passenger and freight rail system within the territory of the district. Under existing law, the district is governed by a 12-member board of directors appointed by various local governmental entities. Existing law authorizes the board to submit to the voters of the district a measure proposing a retail transactions and use tax ordinance. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/04/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904&version=20230SB90499INT) 2. **03/21/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904&version=20230SB90498AMD) 3. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904&version=20230SB90497AMD) 4. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904&version=20230SB90495CHP) 5. **SB904** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904) 6. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904&version=20230SB90496ENR) ## Votes - SB 904 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Connolly — **56–15** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **11–3** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections] — **11–3** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB904 Dodd et al. Concurrence — **31–9** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading SB904 Dodd et al. — **29–8** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] — **11–4** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Dodd — primary (person) - Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person) - Connolly — coauthor (person) - Wood — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-01-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2024-01-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 4. - **2024-02-21** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and E. & C.A. `referral-committee` - **2024-02-28** Set for hearing April 9. - **2024-03-21** 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` - **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 16 in E. & C.A. pending receipt. - **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. (Ayes 11. Noes 4. Page 3534.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3630.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-04-22** Set for hearing April 29. - **2024-04-29** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 4076.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2024-06-03** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and ELECTIONS. `referral-committee` - **2024-06-18** Coauthors revised. - **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 15. Page 6547.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5510.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 866, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8ea0d4e-33f2-4d1b-89a9-01dfe70038cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).