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Bill	High-speed rail.	Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relative to development and implementation of a high-speed train system, including the acquisition of rights-of-way through purchase and eminent domain. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, general election, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion for high-speed train capital projects and other associated purposes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 481	California AB 481 (20132014)	bill	High-speed rail.	enacted	Lowenthal	6	23	8	2013-02-19	2013-08-26	openstates	ocd-bill/6cf88826-8779-41c4-b28c-3fd97e3eed3b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB481	4e1aa7a00482001bdcb08ed3f890eb9b79d04bd45ae1be3e6a522d6dd4d0b606	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 481 (20132014) — High-speed rail.

Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relative to development and implementation of a high-speed train system, including the acquisition of rights-of-way through purchase and eminent domain. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, approved by the voters as Proposition 1A at the November 4, 2008, general election, provides for the issuance of $9.95 billion for high-speed train capital projects and other associated purposes.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/12/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/26/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB481 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/13/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 481 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–23 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 481 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — 51–21 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB481 Lowenthal By Galgiani — 21–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Accountability and Administrative Review. — 11–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lowenthal — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2013-02-28 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2013-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 21. Page 1566.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-06 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2013-06-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-06-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-07-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-07-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 9. Page 1700.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-08-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-08-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 23. Page 2464.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2013-08-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-08-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 132, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6cf88826-8779-41c4-b28c-3fd97e3eed3b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).