republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-528.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	State Rail Plan and High-Speed Rail Authority business plan.	(1) Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a 10-year State Rail Plan biennially, and requires the department to submit the State Rail Plan to the California Transportation Commission for its advice and consent on or before October 1 of each odd-numbered year prior to submitting the State Rail Plan to the Legislature, the Governor, and other entities by the following March. Existing law requires the plan to consist of 2 elements, a passenger rail element and a freight rail element, and sets forth various items that are required to be included in each element. Existing law separately requires the High-Speed Rail Authority to prepare, publish, adopt, and submit to the Legislature, not later than January 1, 2012, and every 2 years thereafter, a business plan, that includes specified elements, and to publish, at least 60 days prior to the publication of the plan, a draft business plan for public review and comment, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 528	California AB 528 (20132014)	bill	State Rail Plan and High-Speed Rail Authority business plan.	enacted	Lowenthal	8	25	6	2013-02-20	2013-09-06	openstates	ocd-bill/be4dafaa-4fa4-4094-8ae0-2916ea467361	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB528	6a9f5729d46bb926f7f7336588f9350ad72d376070884031ab90be004addc042	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 528 (20132014) — State Rail Plan and High-Speed Rail Authority business plan.

(1) Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to prepare a 10-year State Rail Plan biennially, and requires the department to submit the State Rail Plan to the California Transportation Commission for its advice and consent on or before October 1 of each odd-numbered year prior to submitting the State Rail Plan to the Legislature, the Governor, and other entities by the following March. Existing law requires the plan to consist of 2 elements, a passenger rail element and a freight rail element, and sets forth various items that are required to be included in each element. Existing law separately requires the High-Speed Rail Authority to prepare, publish, adopt, and submit to the Legislature, not later than January 1, 2012, and every 2 years thereafter, a business plan, that includes specified elements, and to publish, at least 60 days prior to the publication of the plan, a draft business plan for public review and comment, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/19/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/16/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/25/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/04/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/06/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB528 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/27/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 528 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — 53–20 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 14–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 528 LOWENTHAL Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 58–19 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 13–4 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB528 Lowenthal By DeSaulnier — 29–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lowenthal — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
• 2013-03-19 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-03-19 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
• 2013-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 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
• 2013-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-25 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 20. Page 1513.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-29 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2013-06-04 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-06-24 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2013-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 1877.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 2652.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2013-09-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-09-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 237, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/be4dafaa-4fa4-4094-8ae0-2916ea467361. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).