republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1351.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transit operators: paratransit and dial-a-ride services: assessment."
description: "Existing law requires a for-profit or nonprofit transit operator that receives funds through the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act and that provides dial-a-ride or paratransit service to provide those services consistent with certain requirements. Existing law requires a transit operator to honor any current valid identification card for the type of transportation service or discount requested and that has been issued to an individual with disabilities by another transit operator. Existing law establishes in state government the Transportation Agency, which consists of various state entities, including the Department of Transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1351"
citation: "California AB 1351 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transit operators: paratransit and dial-a-ride services: assessment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lackey"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81ea04f5-b05d-4b87-8cb5-a07a0009729d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1351"
source_hash: "ed1056153efa31ba9ce157efea061c3065738ded960e1f5bd9798e930e28ee12"
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 1351 (20192020) — Transit operators: paratransit and dial-a-ride services: assessment.

Existing law requires a for-profit or nonprofit transit operator that receives funds through the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act and that provides dial-a-ride or paratransit service to provide those services consistent with certain requirements. Existing law requires a transit operator to honor any current valid identification card for the type of transportation service or discount requested and that has been issued to an individual with disabilities by another transit operator. Existing law establishes in state government the Transportation Agency, which consists of various state entities, including the Department of Transportation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1351&version=20190AB135199INT)
2. **04/10/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1351&version=20190AB135198AMD)
3. **06/14/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1351&version=20190AB135197AMD)
4. **08/30/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1351&version=20190AB135196AMD)
5. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1351&version=20190AB135194CHP)
6. **AB1351** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1351)
7. **09/17/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1351&version=20190AB135195ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1351 Lackey Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1351 Lackey Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1351 Lackey By Bates — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lackey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1886.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-06-06** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-19** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-12** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2771.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3370.)
- **2019-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3387.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 627, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81ea04f5-b05d-4b87-8cb5-a07a0009729d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).