republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-95.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation."
description: "(1) Existing law creates the State Transit Assistance program, under which certain revenues in the Public Transportation Account are allocated by formula for public transportation purposes. Under that program, funds may not be allocated to a transit operator for operating purposes unless the operator meets one of 2 specified efficiency standards, subject to certain exceptions. However, existing law suspends those restrictions with respect to allocations for operating purposes made through the 2014–15 fiscal year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 95"
citation: "California AB 95 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Transportation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-01-07"
last_action: "2015-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de692309-c71d-4228-92d9-6b3be269c8a4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB95"
source_hash: "eabd66ebeb2d197c269f8bc7656497ccc460b525392eccc3ae3637df6732fb5e"
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 95 (20152016) — Transportation.

(1) Existing law creates the State Transit Assistance program, under which certain revenues in the Public Transportation Account are allocated by formula for public transportation purposes. Under that program, funds may not be allocated to a transit operator for operating purposes unless the operator meets one of 2 specified efficiency standards, subject to certain exceptions. However, existing law suspends those restrictions with respect to allocations for operating purposes made through the 2014–15 fiscal year.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/07/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB95&version=20150AB9599INT)
2. **06/11/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB95&version=20150AB9598AMD)
3. **06/24/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB95&version=20150AB9596CHP)
4. **AB95** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB95)
5. **06/15/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB95&version=20150AB9597ENR)

## Votes

- AB 95 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By WEBER — **51–27** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 95 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By WEBER — **50–28** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 1) AB95 Committee on Budget By Leno Motions — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 1) AB95 Committee on Budget Amend by Huff Lay on Table — **26–12** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading (Supplemental File 1) AB95 Committee on Budget Amend by Runner Lay on Table — **26–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-01-07** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-01-08** From printer. May be heard in committee February 7.
- **2015-01-26** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 611.)
- **2015-03-19** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 611.)
- **2015-03-19** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2015-03-19** Ordered to second reading.
- **2015-03-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 635.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2015-06-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 1430.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-06-15** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 1997.)
- **2015-06-15** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 1997.)
- **2015-06-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 28. Page 1997.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-06-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-06-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 12, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de692309-c71d-4228-92d9-6b3be269c8a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).