republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1613.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "San Mateo County Transit District: retail transactions and use tax."
description: "(1) 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 also authorizes the board of the San Mateo County Transit District to adopt a retail transactions and use tax ordinance in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1613"
citation: "California AB 1613 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["San Mateo County Transit District: retail transactions and use tax."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4519ff7f-404d-4d28-a2da-d74a5ca7fbe4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1613"
source_hash: "083f5fa37899987e9f812b2f98171c1ec434db7889bfa1061420cf78c3915a17"
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 1613 (20172018) — San Mateo County Transit District: retail transactions and use tax.

(1) 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 also authorizes the board of the San Mateo County Transit District to adopt a retail transactions and use tax ordinance in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1613&version=20170AB161399INT)
2. **04/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1613&version=20170AB161398AMD)
3. **06/14/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1613&version=20170AB161397AMD)
4. **07/05/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1613&version=20170AB161396AMD)
5. **09/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1613&version=20170AB161394CHP)
6. **AB1613** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1613)
7. **09/01/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1613&version=20170AB161395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **9–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 29. Page 1649.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-07-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 2302.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-01** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 24. Page 2872.)
- **2017-09-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 2873.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2017-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 231, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4519ff7f-404d-4d28-a2da-d74a5ca7fbe4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).