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Bill	High-Speed Rail Authority.	Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relating to the development and implementation of an intercity high-speed rail system. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, authorizes $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail development and other related purposes. The federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides funding for allocation nationally to high-speed rail projects.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 16	California AB 16 (20112012)	bill	High-Speed Rail Authority.	enacted	Perea	5	24	6	2010-12-06	2012-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/10af6ce9-3c8b-4db5-9909-0bbd774fb753	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB16	be716b0ce53e1faca2ce349806ddc2ddb4441991112ed50c24aed5a8a0f0eefb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 16 (20112012) — High-Speed Rail Authority.

Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relating to the development and implementation of an intercity high-speed rail system. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, authorizes $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail development and other related purposes. The federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides funding for allocation nationally to high-speed rail projects.

Version chain

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

1. 12/06/10 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/22/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/21/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB16 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 12–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 16 PEREA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 57–20 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB16 Perea By Rubio — 25–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 16 PEREA Assembly Third Reading — 57–19 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Perea — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2010-12-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2010-12-07 From printer. May be heard in committee January 6.
• 2011-01-24 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2011-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 1776.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-16 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2011-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-11 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2011-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-09 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Rubio.
• 2012-08-22 From inactive file.
• 2012-08-22 Ordered to second reading.
• 2012-08-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 4884.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
• 2012-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 20. Page 6522.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:55 p.m.
• 2012-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 413, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10af6ce9-3c8b-4db5-9909-0bbd774fb753. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).