Existing law creates the Transportation Agency in state government, consisting of various departments, including the Department of Transportation, which, among other things, is responsible for the state highway system. Existing law also requires the department to prepare a state rail plan, which contains a freight element. Existing law provides for the state and regional agencies to engage in various transportation planning activities, including goods movement planning activities. Existing federal law provides certain incentives to the states for developing a state freight plan consistent with federal guidelines.
Existing law creates the Transportation Agency in state government, consisting of various departments, including the Department of Transportation, which, among other things, is responsible for the state highway system. Existing law also requires the department to prepare a state rail plan, which contains a freight element. Existing law provides for the state and regional agencies to engage in various transportation planning activities, including goods movement planning activities. Existing federal law provides certain incentives to the states for developing a state freight plan consistent with federal guidelines.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Lowenthal — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-12-03 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2012-12-04 From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
2012-12-04 Introduced measure version corrected. introduction
2013-01-14 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2013-04-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-05-06 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-05-07 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2013-05-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 1657.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-06-06 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2013-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-07-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2013-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 1881.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-19 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2013-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
2013-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 223, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c4e6fd5e-d597-444b-9054-d6b3eda13d09. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).