republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-231.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation programs."
description: "Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the State Air Resources Board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "California SB 231 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Transportation programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gaines"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-13"
last_action: "2015-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4667fac8-e734-478c-b791-ebb4c85894b9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231"
source_hash: "e599135404cb5e769e20d7409b03f8ebd88eaf5b9c0ad3dbcb146a3324a6429a"
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 SB 231 (20152016) — Transportation programs.

Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the State Air Resources Board from the auction or sale of allowances as part of a market-based compliance mechanism relative to reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23199INT)
2. **04/20/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23198AMD)
3. **06/02/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23197AMD)
4. **09/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23195CHP)
5. **SB231** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231)
6. **08/27/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB231&version=20150SB23196ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 231 Gaines Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gaines — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2015-02-26** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-02** Set for hearing April 21.
- **2015-04-06** April 21 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-04-07** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-04-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 825.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2015-05-18** May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-06-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1149.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1323.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-15** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2636.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2015-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2015-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 286, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4667fac8-e734-478c-b791-ebb4c85894b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).