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Bill	Transactions and use taxes: County of San Mateo: Transportation Agency for Monterey County.	Existing law authorizes various local governmental entities, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%. Existing law, the Bay Area County Traffic and Transportation Funding Act, authorizes nine specified counties in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the County of San Mateo, to establish a county transportation authority and levy a retail transactions and use tax of either 0.5% or 1% for specified transportation purposes if certain requirements are met, including that the ordinance levying the tax meets the requirements of the Transactions and Use Tax Law and is approved by 23 of the electors voting on the measure.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 705	California SB 705 (20152016)	bill	Transactions and use taxes: County of San Mateo: Transportation Agency for Monterey County.	enacted	Hill	8	33	9	2015-02-27	2015-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/639b0354-7fe1-4eaf-8c94-543e2609f2fd	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB705	d725f0328f4663586d7e87b6bea8199f6e01c0698d45d8afa85720b2fd6aacd8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 705 (20152016) — Transactions and use taxes: County of San Mateo: Transportation Agency for Monterey County.

Existing law authorizes various local governmental entities, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%. Existing law, the Bay Area County Traffic and Transportation Funding Act, authorizes nine specified counties in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the County of San Mateo, to establish a county transportation authority and levy a retail transactions and use tax of either 0.5% or 1% for specified transportation purposes if certain requirements are met, including that the ordinance levying the tax meets the requirements of the Transactions and Use Tax Law and is approved by 23 of the electors voting on the measure.

Version chain

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

1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/05/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/09/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/03/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/07/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB705 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/15/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• SB 705 Hill Senate Third Reading By MULLIN — 51–29 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 21–13 (pass) · upper
• That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 5–3 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business (Supplemental File 1) SB705 Hill Concurrence — 25–14 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• SB 705 Hill Senate Third Reading Amend By MULLIN Set #1 — 50–28 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hill — primary (person)
• Gordon — principal coauthor (person)
• Mark Stone — principal coauthor (person)
• Mullin — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
• 2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
• 2015-03-19 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-03-20 Set for hearing April 8.
• 2015-04-16 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 522.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-01 Set for hearing May 11.
• 2015-05-05 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2015-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 1022.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-01 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
• 2015-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 50. Noes 28. Page 2857.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-03 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-09-04 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2015-09-08 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (September 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 29. Page 3087.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
• 2015-09-10 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on T. & H. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2015-09-11 Set for hearing September 11.
• 2015-09-11 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 2787.) committee-passage
• 2015-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2763.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
• 2015-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 579, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/639b0354-7fe1-4eaf-8c94-543e2609f2fd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).