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Bill	New or modified railroad crossings: approval.	Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has the exclusive power to, among other things, determine and prescribe the manner and the terms of installation, operation, maintenance, use, and protection of specified railroad crossings and to authorize on an application-by-application basis and supervise the operation of pilot projects to evaluate proposed crossing warning devices, new technology, or other additional safety measures at designated crossings, with the consent of the local jurisdiction, the affected railroad, and other interested parties, including, but not limited to, represented railroad employees.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1017	California AB 1017 (20192020)	bill	New or modified railroad crossings: approval.	enacted	Boerner Horvath	6	23	6	2019-02-21	2019-09-05	openstates	ocd-bill/ae8025e1-804f-4f84-9267-9b7c43cbd47d	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1017	3599b0369003f08a1b2a530f9287bf6ee26c8dd0de059e5d34c0fb4bf1063605	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1017 (20192020) — New or modified railroad crossings: approval.

Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission has the exclusive power to, among other things, determine and prescribe the manner and the terms of installation, operation, maintenance, use, and protection of specified railroad crossings and to authorize on an application-by-application basis and supervise the operation of pilot projects to evaluate proposed crossing warning devices, new technology, or other additional safety measures at designated crossings, with the consent of the local jurisdiction, the affected railroad, and other interested parties, including, but not limited to, represented railroad employees.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/23/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/12/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/05/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB1017 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/23/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1017 Boerner Horvath Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1017 Boerner Horvath et a By Gonzalez — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1017 Boerner Horvath Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Boerner Horvath — primary (person)
• Choi — coauthor (person)
• Galgiani — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Lena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Santiago — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2019-03-07 Referred to Com. on U. & E. referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-04-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-04-23 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-04-24 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1590.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-22 Referred to Com. on E., U. & C. referral-committee
• 2019-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-07-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-12 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2205.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2798.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-09-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 233, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ae8025e1-804f-4f84-9267-9b7c43cbd47d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).