republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-28.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation: environmental review process: federal pilot program."
description: "Existing law gives the Department of Transportation full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing federal law requires the United States Secretary of Transportation to carry out a surface transportation project delivery pilot program, under which the participating states assume certain responsibilities for environmental review and clearance of transportation projects that would otherwise be the responsibility of the federal government. Existing law, until January 1, 2017, provided that the State of California consents to the jurisdiction of the federal courts with regard to the compliance, discharge, or enforcement of the responsibilities it assumed as a participant in the pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 28"
citation: "California AB 28 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Transportation: environmental review process: federal pilot program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frazier"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1c76675-70e5-4280-87c2-d42d23b692c4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB28"
source_hash: "880dd4a6158f45a66f7046ebd7fef096774a20f5f92a67bad7f4800776c24ab9"
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 28 (20172018) — Department of Transportation: environmental review process: federal pilot program.

Existing law gives the Department of Transportation full possession and control of the state highway system. Existing federal law requires the United States Secretary of Transportation to carry out a surface transportation project delivery pilot program, under which the participating states assume certain responsibilities for environmental review and clearance of transportation projects that would otherwise be the responsibility of the federal government. Existing law, until January 1, 2017, provided that the State of California consents to the jurisdiction of the federal courts with regard to the compliance, discharge, or enforcement of the responsibilities it assumed as a participant in the pilot program.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB28&version=20170AB2899INT)
2. **03/02/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB28&version=20170AB2898AMD)
3. **03/29/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB28&version=20170AB2896CHP)
4. **AB28** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB28)
5. **03/22/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB28&version=20170AB2897ENR)

## Votes

- AB 28 FRAZIER Third Reading Urgency — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frazier — primary (person)
- Baker — coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — principal coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Salas — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-12-06** From printer. May be heard in committee January 5.
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-01-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (January 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-02-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (February 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 312.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (February 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-03-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-03-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 378.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-03-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 644.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-03-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2017-03-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 4, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1c76675-70e5-4280-87c2-d42d23b692c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).