republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-742.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Intercity passenger rail services: motor carrier transportation of passengers."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide funding to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to enter into contracts with motor carriers of passengers for the intercity transportation of passengers by motor carrier over regular routes if certain conditions are met. Existing law also authorizes the department to provide funding to Amtrak to contract for rail feeder bus services operated in conjunction with the intercity trains, but subject to the restriction, among others, that the bus services be used only by passengers who are connecting to or from a train, subject to specified exceptions, including exceptions for passengers on certain routes where no private intercity bus company provides scheduled bus services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 742"
citation: "California SB 742 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Intercity passenger rail services: motor carrier transportation of passengers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-22"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4d22194-55f1-4cc7-9fff-d467e175fbb0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB742"
source_hash: "010b9f5aae5fa0d4f33d9e9ad84cd00ff9364360d1a11bc4cf6b1ac8308599e9"
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 SB 742 (20192020) — Intercity passenger rail services: motor carrier transportation of passengers.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide funding to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to enter into contracts with motor carriers of passengers for the intercity transportation of passengers by motor carrier over regular routes if certain conditions are met. Existing law also authorizes the department to provide funding to Amtrak to contract for rail feeder bus services operated in conjunction with the intercity trains, but subject to the restriction, among others, that the bus services be used only by passengers who are connecting to or from a train, subject to specified exceptions, including exceptions for passengers on certain routes where no private intercity bus company provides scheduled bus services.

## 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=201920200SB742&version=20190SB74299INT)
2. **03/27/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB742&version=20190SB74298AMD)
3. **07/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB742&version=20190SB74297AMD)
4. **09/06/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB742&version=20190SB74296AMD)
5. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB742&version=20190SB74294CHP)
6. **SB742** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB742)
7. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB742&version=20190SB74295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 742 Allen Senate Third Reading By Gray — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB742 Allen et al. Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)
- Fong — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Gray — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
- **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 806.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2019-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1151.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3347.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-11** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2870.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 652, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4d22194-55f1-4cc7-9fff-d467e175fbb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).