Existing law creates the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services in the County of Santa Clara. Existing law creates the San Mateo County Transit District with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services in the County of San Mateo. Existing law authorizes the authority and the district to enter into contracts, as specified.
California AB 797 (20132014) — Transit districts: contracts.
Existing law creates the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services in the County of Santa Clara. Existing law creates the San Mateo County Transit District with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services in the County of San Mateo. Existing law authorizes the authority and the district to enter into contracts, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB797 Gordon By Beall — 37–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 797 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — 53–22 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gordon — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2013-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2013-04-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2013-04-15 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
2013-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2013-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 1381.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-05-23 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2013-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-06-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 1990.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2013-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2013-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 320, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/464448ee-3109-4704-a49c-84a16ac598b7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).