republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-252.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Transportation: environmental review process: federal 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 program, under which the participating states may 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, 2020, provides 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 program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 252"
citation: "California AB 252 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Transportation: environmental review process: federal program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daly"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-23"
last_action: "2019-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39bc19cd-5bc7-4670-b71c-47e429a77162"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB252"
source_hash: "acf9e02be5e4c4d8e43c10650381a9ea176de84d3228e45ede44b72c8b035fd0"
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 252 (20192020) — Department of Transportation: environmental review process: federal 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 program, under which the participating states may 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, 2020, provides 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 program.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/23/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB252&version=20190AB25299INT)
2. **07/31/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB252&version=20190AB25297CHP)
3. **AB252** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB252)
4. **07/12/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB252&version=20190AB25298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB252 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 252 Daly Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daly — primary (person)
- Frazier — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-24** From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** 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`
- **2019-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1792.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-29** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-07-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-07-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2056.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-07-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2019-07-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2019-07-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-07-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 160, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39bc19cd-5bc7-4670-b71c-47e429a77162`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).