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Bill	Transit fare evasion.	Existing law authorizes certain transit operators to adopt and enforce an ordinance to impose and enforce civil administrative penalties for fare evasion or passenger misconduct, other than by minors, on or in a transit facility or vehicle in lieu of the criminal penalties otherwise applicable, with specified administrative adjudication procedures for the imposition and enforcement of the administrative penalties, including an initial review and opportunity for a subsequent administrative hearing.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 426	California AB 426 (20112012)	bill	Transit fare evasion.	enacted	Bonnie Lowenthal	7	20	5	2011-02-14	2011-07-25	openstates	ocd-bill/f0c21331-6029-4a31-86e2-56545264cae1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB426	e2030c81ee1e250343777ba5f3138dadcf91d8b872ae014f22f8e15014e58924	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 426 (20112012) — Transit fare evasion.

Existing law authorizes certain transit operators to adopt and enforce an ordinance to impose and enforce civil administrative penalties for fare evasion or passenger misconduct, other than by minors, on or in a transit facility or vehicle in lieu of the criminal penalties otherwise applicable, with specified administrative adjudication procedures for the imposition and enforcement of the administrative penalties, including an initial review and opportunity for a subsequent administrative hearing.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/31/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/16/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/10/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/25/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB426 (committee substitute) — source
7. 07/08/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 426 LOWENTHAL Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent #5 AB426 Bonnie Lowenthal By Lowenthal — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 426 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bonnie Lowenthal — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2011-03-07 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-03-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2011-04-05 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-04-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 910.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-04-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-04-25 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2011-05-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-06-09 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 7). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-10 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-06-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2011-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1573.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2011-07-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2182.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-07-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
• 2011-07-25 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-07-25 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 100, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0c21331-6029-4a31-86e2-56545264cae1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).