republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2906.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation: omnibus bill."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes the Treasurer and the California Transportation Commission to pledge amounts deposited in the State Highway Account from federal transportation funds for the purposes of issuing federal highway grant anticipation notes, commonly known as GARVEE bonds, to fund transportation projects selected by the commission. Existing law requires the commission to prepare an annual analysis of the bonding capacity of those federal transportation funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2906"
citation: "California AB 2906 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation: omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Transportation"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-03-07"
last_action: "2016-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b21d7ec-2d50-4a09-a62d-0450609a87e6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2906"
source_hash: "e78ba2b7bbb5dbb2fd15f8932a658a29c5d7cf2da5a84d7a753500d56ba4fe26"
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 2906 (20152016) — Transportation: omnibus bill.

(1) Existing law authorizes the Treasurer and the California Transportation Commission to pledge amounts deposited in the State Highway Account from federal transportation funds for the purposes of issuing federal highway grant anticipation notes, commonly known as GARVEE bonds, to fund transportation projects selected by the commission. Existing law requires the commission to prepare an annual analysis of the bonding capacity of those federal transportation funds.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/07/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2906&version=20150AB290699INT)
2. **06/13/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2906&version=20150AB290698AMD)
3. **08/26/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2906&version=20150AB290696CHP)
4. **AB2906** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2906)
5. **08/16/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2906&version=20150AB290697ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2906 TRANS. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By FRAZIER — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2906 Committee On TRANS. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2906 TRANS. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-08** From printer. May be heard in committee April 7.
- **2016-03-28** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4872.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-26** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-13** 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`
- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4875.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5818.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 208, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b21d7ec-2d50-4a09-a62d-0450609a87e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).