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Bill	Sacramento Regional Transit District.	Existing law provides for the creation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District, with specified powers and duties relative to the provision of public transit services. Existing law describes the authorized boundaries of the district, as specified, and provides that the boundaries of the district, at any point in time, shall consist of the area of any city or county within the authorized boundaries where the governing board of the city or county has declared a need for the district to operate. Existing law authorizes the district to operate in any city or county where the need for the district to operate has been declared, except that the district has no power to levy an ad valorem property tax unless a city or county adopts a specified resolution. Existing law provides for a city or county to annex to the district through a written request to the district and approval by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 738	California AB 738 (20152016)	bill	Sacramento Regional Transit District.	enacted	Beth Gaines	7	19	5	2015-02-25	2015-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/ee627d8c-2647-4cf7-b056-e6ee1fb139c5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB738	5909e6fe7228769570b570b21e514eb0ac9156c135291bdc902df96051835e7f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 738 (20152016) — Sacramento Regional Transit District.

Existing law provides for the creation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District, with specified powers and duties relative to the provision of public transit services. Existing law describes the authorized boundaries of the district, as specified, and provides that the boundaries of the district, at any point in time, shall consist of the area of any city or county within the authorized boundaries where the governing board of the city or county has declared a need for the district to operate. Existing law authorizes the district to operate in any city or county where the need for the district to operate has been declared, except that the district has no power to levy an ad valorem property tax unless a city or county adopts a specified resolution. Existing law provides for a city or county to annex to the district through a written request to the district and approval by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments.

Version chain

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

1. 02/25/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/11/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/28/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB738 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB738 Beth Gaines By Gaines — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 738 GAINES Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 738 GAINES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beth Gaines — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
• 2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-05-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 6). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-11 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1542.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2151.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2612.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 335, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee627d8c-2647-4cf7-b056-e6ee1fb139c5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).