Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. Existing law creates the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program to address deferred maintenance on the state highway system and the local street and road system. Existing law provides for the deposit of various funds, including revenues from certain increases in fuel taxes and vehicle fees, for the program into the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account. After certain allocations for the program are made, existing law requires the remaining funds available for the program to be continuously appropriated 50% for allocation to the department for maintenance of the state highway system or for the State Highway Operation and Protection Program and 50% for apportionment to cities and counties by the Controller pursuant to a specified formula. Existing law requires a city or county to submit to the California Transportation Commission a list of proposed projects, as specified, to be eligible for an apportionment of those funds.
California SB 640 (20212022) — Transportation financing: jointly funded projects.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. Existing law creates the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program to address deferred maintenance on the state highway system and the local street and road system. Existing law provides for the deposit of various funds, including revenues from certain increases in fuel taxes and vehicle fees, for the program into the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account. After certain allocations for the program are made, existing law requires the remaining funds available for the program to be continuously appropriated 50% for allocation to the department for maintenance of the state highway system or for the State Highway Operation and Protection Program and 50% for apportionment to cities and counties by the Controller pursuant to a specified formula. Existing law requires a city or county to submit to the California Transportation Commission a list of proposed projects, as specified, to be eligible for an apportionment of those funds.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-03 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2021-03-19 Set for hearing April 13.
2021-04-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 781.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-21 Set for hearing May 3.
2021-04-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-05-04 May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1199.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-28 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1351.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2021-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 30). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-01 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-07-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2278.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-07-08 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2021-07-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2021-07-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-07-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 108, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b811edbd-2ed8-4869-bbe4-74a7d69fb96d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).