republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-1730.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regional transportation plans: San Diego Association of Governments: housing."
description: "Existing law requires certain transportation planning agencies, including the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) , to prepare and adopt a regional transportation plan directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation system. Certain of these agencies are designated under federal law as metropolitan planning organizations. Existing law requires each regional transportation plan to include, among other things, a sustainable communities strategy prepared by each metropolitan planning organization, as specified, which is designed to achieve certain targets for 2020 and 2035 established by the State Air Resources Board for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and light trucks in the region. After adopting a sustainable communities strategy, existing law requires a metropolitan planning organization to submit the strategy to the state board for review to determine whether the strategy, if implemented, would achieve the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Existing law requires each transportation planning agency to adopt and submit to the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation an updated regional transportation plan every four or five years, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 1730"
citation: "California AB 1730 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Regional transportation plans: San Diego Association of Governments: housing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed58dd3d-b14b-4045-9490-6a7ce2a34368"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1730"
source_hash: "cb05c9154f30dcc06744f894dc2de472b5f7d55c6c670eb85387c3cd4ef0279f"
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 1730 (20192020) — Regional transportation plans: San Diego Association of Governments: housing.

Existing law requires certain transportation planning agencies, including the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) , to prepare and adopt a regional transportation plan directed at achieving a coordinated and balanced regional transportation system. Certain of these agencies are designated under federal law as metropolitan planning organizations. Existing law requires each regional transportation plan to include, among other things, a sustainable communities strategy prepared by each metropolitan planning organization, as specified, which is designed to achieve certain targets for 2020 and 2035 established by the State Air Resources Board for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles and light trucks in the region. After adopting a sustainable communities strategy, existing law requires a metropolitan planning organization to submit the strategy to the state board for review to determine whether the strategy, if implemented, would achieve the greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Existing law requires each transportation planning agency to adopt and submit to the California Transportation Commission and the Department of Transportation an updated regional transportation plan every four or five years, as specified.

## 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=201920200AB1730&version=20190AB173099INT)
2. **03/28/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1730&version=20190AB173098AMD)
3. **04/25/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1730&version=20190AB173097AMD)
4. **09/06/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1730&version=20190AB173096AMD)
5. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1730&version=20190AB173094CHP)
6. **AB1730** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1730)
7. **09/19/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1730&version=20190AB173095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1730 Gonzalez By Hueso — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- AB 1730 Gonzalez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **64–13** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1730 Gonzalez Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gonzalez — 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`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-01** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1582.) `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 Coms. on HOUSING and EQ. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on EQ. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on EQ. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2019-06-24** Ordered to second reading.
- **2019-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2807.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2019-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 13. Page 3516.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-25** 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 634, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed58dd3d-b14b-4045-9490-6a7ce2a34368`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).