Sacramento Regional Transit District: board of directors: voting procedures.
Existing law authorizes the formation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District with various powers and duties with respect to transportation planning, programming, construction, and operations. Existing law vests the government of the district in a board of directors. Existing law prescribes a weighted voting procedure, based on a total of 100 votes, for board action. Existing law defines a quorum for the transaction of business at a noticed meeting as the presence of members eligible to cast a majority of the 100 votes. Existing law requires an affirmative vote of members casting a majority of the 100 votes for official acts of the board, as specified.
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California Legislature
20212022
AB 1196
California AB 1196 (20212022)
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Sacramento Regional Transit District: board of directors: voting procedures.
California AB 1196 (20212022) — Sacramento Regional Transit District: board of directors: voting procedures.
Existing law authorizes the formation of the Sacramento Regional Transit District with various powers and duties with respect to transportation planning, programming, construction, and operations. Existing law vests the government of the district in a board of directors. Existing law prescribes a weighted voting procedure, based on a total of 100 votes, for board action. Existing law defines a quorum for the transaction of business at a noticed meeting as the presence of members eligible to cast a majority of the 100 votes. Existing law requires an affirmative vote of members casting a majority of the 100 votes for official acts of the board, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1196 Cooley By Pan — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 15–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
AB 1196 Cooley Assembly Third Reading — 72–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cooley — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2021-03-04 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2021-04-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-21 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2021-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 1.) (May 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 1539.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-06-03 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2021-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-06-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2021-07-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2116.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-08-26 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2021-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2021-09-23 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-09-23 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 272, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92d34b85-b869-4846-82f4-4ab55f498775. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).