republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2196.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority."
description: "Existing law creates the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services and the operation of public transit in the County of Santa Clara. Existing law authorizes the authority, among other things, with the approval of the Department of Transportation, to provide funding for the repair and maintenance of state highways within the boundaries of the authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2196"
citation: "California AB 2196 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48a59a89-9e75-49a7-8096-282d5b2ba4ea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2196"
source_hash: "a0aa9c5ab8743198006dd18af3cc18d4ae5f24f767f14d6a34d4f578be5e1a04"
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 2196 (20152016) — Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.

Existing law creates the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority with various powers and duties relative to transportation projects and services and the operation of public transit in the County of Santa Clara. Existing law authorizes the authority, among other things, with the approval of the Department of Transportation, to provide funding for the repair and maintenance of state highways within the boundaries of the authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2196&version=20150AB219699INT)
2. **06/08/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2196&version=20150AB219698AMD)
3. **09/16/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2196&version=20150AB219696CHP)
4. **AB2196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2196)
5. **08/19/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2196&version=20150AB219697ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2196 LOW Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2196 LOW Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Low — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4689.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** 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. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4645.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-01** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-15** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5874.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2016-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 381, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48a59a89-9e75-49a7-8096-282d5b2ba4ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).