republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-709.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sacramento Regional Transit District."
description: "Existing law provides for the creation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District, with specified powers and duties relative to the provision of public transit services. Existing law describes the authorized boundaries of the district. Existing law provides for the district to be governed by a board of directors and provides for a weighted voting procedure. Existing law authorizes the board of directors of the district to adopt a retail transactions and use tax ordinance, subject to the approval of 23 of the electors at a special election. Existing law requires the district's retail transactions and use tax ordinance to provide for rates of 14 or 12 of 1% and requires that the ordinance be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing less than 180 days after adoption of the ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 709"
citation: "California AB 709 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sacramento Regional Transit District."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c3ee540-a07e-45bc-8598-2612aa790c65"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709"
source_hash: "a1056443433118a4eeae728d2fb5d2a23265fad96efb002ca2d3b2778e124369"
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 709 (20172018) — Sacramento Regional Transit District.

Existing law provides for the creation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District, with specified powers and duties relative to the provision of public transit services. Existing law describes the authorized boundaries of the district. Existing law provides for the district to be governed by a board of directors and provides for a weighted voting procedure. Existing law authorizes the board of directors of the district to adopt a retail transactions and use tax ordinance, subject to the approval of 23 of the electors at a special election. Existing law requires the district's retail transactions and use tax ordinance to provide for rates of 14 or 12 of 1% and requires that the ordinance be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing less than 180 days after adoption of the ordinance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709&version=20170AB70999INT)
2. **03/05/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709&version=20170AB70993AMD)
3. **03/23/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709&version=20170AB70998AMD)
4. **05/15/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709&version=20170AB70997AMD)
5. **06/06/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709&version=20170AB70992AMD)
6. **06/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709&version=20170AB70996AMD)
7. **08/22/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709&version=20170AB70991AMD)
8. **08/31/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709&version=20170AB70995AMD)
9. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709&version=20170AB70994AMD)
10. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709&version=20170AB70989CHP)
11. **AB709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709)
12. **09/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB709&version=20170AB70990ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB709 McCarty By Pan — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 709 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **49–30** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **10–3** (pass) · upper
- AB 709 MCCARTY Assembly Third Reading — **49–26** (pass) · lower
- [First] hearing set for [07-10-2017]: Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **2–6** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2017-03-23** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** 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`
- **2017-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (May 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 1779.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** 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`
- **2017-06-14** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-06-14** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2017-08-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-09-01** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2017-09-01** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-09-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-03-15** Re-referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-06** 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`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-29** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 6091.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-31** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
- **2018-08-31** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 31). `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 30.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 522, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c3ee540-a07e-45bc-8598-2612aa790c65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).