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Bill	North Coast Railroad Authority: Great Redwood Trail Agency: rail rights-of-way: Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District.	Existing law creates the North Coast Railroad Authority with various powers and duties relating to rail service in the north coast area of the state, including the authority to acquire, own, operate, and lease real and personal property reasonably related to the operation and maintenance of railroads, the planned transfer of all of the authority's assets, and the authority's dissolution. Under existing law, the authority is governed by a board of directors composed of appointees from the Counties of Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, and Sonoma, a city representative selected by the cities served by the authority's rail line, and a nonvoting, ex officio member of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. Existing law requires the authority to plan for the transfer of all of its assets and liabilities and for its dissolution. Under existing law, the state is not liable for any contracts, debts, or other obligations of the authority.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 69	California SB 69 (20212022)	bill	North Coast Railroad Authority: Great Redwood Trail Agency: rail rights-of-way: Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District.	enacted	McGuire	9	33	8	2020-12-08	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/74f9bcdc-4bb2-4dfb-bc5a-775e4c8930b8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB69	94def36c99800c04684137e8c22518007bb4d1a82b9bb904f5ff88e69eb77953	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 69 (20212022) — North Coast Railroad Authority: Great Redwood Trail Agency: rail rights-of-way: Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District.

Existing law creates the North Coast Railroad Authority with various powers and duties relating to rail service in the north coast area of the state, including the authority to acquire, own, operate, and lease real and personal property reasonably related to the operation and maintenance of railroads, the planned transfer of all of the authority's assets, and the authority's dissolution. Under existing law, the authority is governed by a board of directors composed of appointees from the Counties of Humboldt, Marin, Mendocino, and Sonoma, a city representative selected by the cities served by the authority's rail line, and a nonvoting, ex officio member of the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. Existing law requires the authority to plan for the transfer of all of its assets and liabilities and for its dissolution. Under existing law, the state is not liable for any contracts, debts, or other obligations of the authority.

Version chain

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

1. 12/08/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/10/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/22/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/30/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB69 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 69 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Wood — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 14–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB69 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB69 McGuire Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McGuire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-08 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
• 2020-12-09 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 8.
• 2021-01-11 Read first time. reading-1
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2021-03-10 Set for hearing April 13.
• 2021-03-10 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. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 779.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 Set for hearing May 3.
• 2021-04-26 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
• 2021-04-29 May 3 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
• 2021-05-10 May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1181.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1341.) 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 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
• 2021-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2911.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2584.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2021-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 423, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74f9bcdc-4bb2-4dfb-bc5a-775e4c8930b8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).