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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Rail Plan and High-Speed Rail Authority business plan."
description: "(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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 528"
citation: "California AB 528 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Rail Plan and High-Speed Rail Authority business plan."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be4dafaa-4fa4-4094-8ae0-2916ea467361"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB528"
source_hash: "6a9f5729d46bb926f7f7336588f9350ad72d376070884031ab90be004addc042"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB528&version=20130AB52899INT)
2. **03/19/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB528&version=20130AB52898AMD)
3. **04/16/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB528&version=20130AB52897AMD)
4. **04/25/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB528&version=20130AB52896AMD)
5. **06/04/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB528&version=20130AB52895AMD)
6. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB528&version=20130AB52893CHP)
7. **AB528** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB528)
8. **08/27/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB528&version=20130AB52894ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be4dafaa-4fa4-4094-8ae0-2916ea467361`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).