republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-491.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation: omnibus bill."
description: "(1) Existing law authorizes certain air districts to impose a vehicle registration fee surcharge to be used for projects and programs to improve air quality. Existing law, in the area under the jurisdiction of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, requires at least 40% of fee revenues to be proportionately allocated to each county within the district, and requires an entity receiving these revenues, at least once a year, to hold one or more public meetings for the purpose of adopting criteria for expenditure of the funds and to review those expenditures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 491"
citation: "California SB 491 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation: omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Transportation and Housing"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/acd400bc-290a-441c-bc1c-4417be4b521e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB491"
source_hash: "846313c0409082a60b1aa2aa81f82e65092ccaf5383f36cef4eee79b4a7508c5"
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 491 (20152016) — Transportation: omnibus bill.

(1) Existing law authorizes certain air districts to impose a vehicle registration fee surcharge to be used for projects and programs to improve air quality. Existing law, in the area under the jurisdiction of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, requires at least 40% of fee revenues to be proportionately allocated to each county within the district, and requires an entity receiving these revenues, at least once a year, to hold one or more public meetings for the purpose of adopting criteria for expenditure of the funds and to review those expenditures.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB491&version=20150SB49199INT)
2. **04/22/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB491&version=20150SB49198AMD)
3. **06/29/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB491&version=20150SB49197AMD)
4. **10/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB491&version=20150SB49195CHP)
5. **SB491** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB491)
6. **09/01/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB491&version=20150SB49196ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd SB491 Committee On T.&H. — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 491 T. & H. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #9 SB491 Committee On T.&H. — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Transportation and Housing — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-04-22** 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. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 825.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-06** Set for hearing May 11.
- **2015-05-11** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2015-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1028.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-15** June 22 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-06-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. 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 2638.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-27** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-09-01** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2378.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2015-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 451, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/acd400bc-290a-441c-bc1c-4417be4b521e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).