republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-892.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation: environmental review process: federal pilot program."
description: "Existing law gives the Department of Transportation full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing federal law requires the United States Secretary of Transportation to carry out a surface transportation project delivery pilot program, under which the participating states assume certain responsibilities for environmental review and clearance of transportation projects that would otherwise be the responsibility of the federal government. Existing law requires the department to submit a report to the Legislature regarding state and federal environmental review. Existing law requires the report to be submitted no later than January 1, 2009, and again, no later than January 1, 2011."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 892"
citation: "California AB 892 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Transportation: environmental review process: federal pilot program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc0cc326-56de-4571-8649-747732d84790"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB892"
source_hash: "ae57a4afae144eb48939aab522f3327eb9047753e6062a657e4cc0dd507f5272"
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 AB 892 (20112012) — Department of Transportation: environmental review process: federal pilot program.

Existing law gives the Department of Transportation full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing federal law requires the United States Secretary of Transportation to carry out a surface transportation project delivery pilot program, under which the participating states assume certain responsibilities for environmental review and clearance of transportation projects that would otherwise be the responsibility of the federal government. Existing law requires the department to submit a report to the Legislature regarding state and federal environmental review. Existing law requires the report to be submitted no later than January 1, 2009, and again, no later than January 1, 2011.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB892&version=20110AB89299INT)
2. **04/06/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB892&version=20110AB89298AMD)
3. **04/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB892&version=20110AB89297AMD)
4. **05/10/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB892&version=20110AB89296AMD)
5. **07/13/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB892&version=20110AB89295AMD)
6. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB892&version=20110AB89293CHP)
7. **AB892** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB892)
8. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB892&version=20110AB89294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Environmental Quality Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB892 Carter By Lowenthal — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 892 CARTER Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 892 CARTER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (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.
- **2011-03-14** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-27** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-09** From committee: Do pass as amended. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 4). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1392.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2013.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2559.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 482, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc0cc326-56de-4571-8649-747732d84790`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).