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Bill	High-Speed Rail Authority: eminent domain: right of first refusal.	Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers, including the power to acquire rights-of-way through purchase or eminent domain, and duties relating to the development and implementation of an intercity high-speed rail system. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, authorizes $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail development and other related purposes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 940	California SB 940 (20152016)	bill	High-Speed Rail Authority: eminent domain: right of first refusal.	enacted	Vidak	6	26	6	2016-02-03	2016-08-22	openstates	ocd-bill/299b12de-12b5-49b0-a96e-c270fb273a5c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB940	2febb3f846c689bf31d2422211b1ca9696d788801803be713319b7ad36b614cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 940 (20152016) — High-Speed Rail Authority: eminent domain: right of first refusal.

Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers, including the power to acquire rights-of-way through purchase or eminent domain, and duties relating to the development and implementation of an intercity high-speed rail system. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, authorizes $9.95 billion in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail development and other related purposes.

Version chain

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

1. 02/03/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/09/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/12/16 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB940 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/05/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 940 Vidak Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Vidak — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-02-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2016-03-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-16 Re-referred to Coms. on T. & H. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-03-24 Set for hearing April 12.
• 2016-04-06 April 12 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-04-07 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2016-04-12 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
• 2016-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3615.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-21 Set for hearing May 3.
• 2016-05-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3766.) (May 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2016-05-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2016-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-23 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3927.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-06-01 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2016-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-04 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5719.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-04 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2016-08-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2016-08-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-08-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 169, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/299b12de-12b5-49b0-a96e-c270fb273a5c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).