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Bill	Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority.	Existing law creates the Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction Authority for purposes relating to the development of a light rail project extending from the City of Los Angeles to the Cities of Pasadena and Claremont. Existing law provides that the authority shall be governed by a board consisting of 5 voting members and one nonvoting member and requires the authority to adopt a code of conduct for officers and board members of the authority that, among other things, specifies circumstances under which a board member shall be deemed to have a financial interest in a decision.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 706	California AB 706 (20112012)	bill	Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority.	enacted	Torres	6	25	6	2011-02-17	2011-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/756aeeff-73b2-43fc-aa8e-25a3da1bf015	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB706	22a1c7232796185535388c652c84080f3c7a5c03cc8993bc6d63da289df01188	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 706 (20112012) — Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority.

Existing law creates the Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction Authority for purposes relating to the development of a light rail project extending from the City of Los Angeles to the Cities of Pasadena and Claremont. Existing law provides that the authority shall be governed by a board consisting of 5 voting members and one nonvoting member and requires the authority to adopt a code of conduct for officers and board members of the authority that, among other things, specifies circumstances under which a board member shall be deemed to have a financial interest in a decision.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/22/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/07/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB706 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/19/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB706 Torres By Hernandez Urgency Clause — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 706 TORRES Concurrence - Urgency Added — 74–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 706 TORRES Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• amendments be concurred in. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Torres — primary (person)
• Eng — principal coauthor (person)
• Hagman — principal coauthor (person)
• Hernandez — principal coauthor (person)
• Huff — principal coauthor (person)
• Roger Hernández — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2011-03-07 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-04-25 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1178.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-05-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-08-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-23 Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2011-08-29 Pursuant to Joint Rule 33.1, Joint Rules 61(a)(10) and 61(a)(12) were dispensed with.
• 2011-08-29 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2075.)
• 2011-08-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-31 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-06 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2314.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-07 Measure version as amended on September 1 corrected. amendment-passage
• 2011-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2011-09-08 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2011-09-08 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3106.)
• 2011-09-08 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (September 8). committee-passage
• 2011-09-09 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 3177.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/756aeeff-73b2-43fc-aa8e-25a3da1bf015. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).