Riverside County Transportation Commission: transaction and use tax.
Existing law creates the Riverside County Transportation Commission with specified powers and duties relative to transportation planning and programming in the County of Riverside. Existing law authorizes the commission to impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to approval of the voters, which, pursuant to the California Constitution, requires approval of 23 of the voters. Existing law limits the commission to a 1% maximum tax rate, and requires the commission's tax or taxes to be levied at a rate divisible by 14%, unless a different rate is specifically authorized by statute.
California AB 1385 (20232024) — Riverside County Transportation Commission: transaction and use tax.
Existing law creates the Riverside County Transportation Commission with specified powers and duties relative to transportation planning and programming in the County of Riverside. Existing law authorizes the commission to impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to approval of the voters, which, pursuant to the California Constitution, requires approval of 23 of the voters. Existing law limits the commission to a 1% maximum tax rate, and requires the commission's tax or taxes to be levied at a rate divisible by 14%, unless a different rate is specifically authorized by statute.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 14–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Garcia — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2023-03-23 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2023-03-23 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
2023-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2023-05-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 3). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 10. Page 1605.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-05-31 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 2427.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-06 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 578, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10241cbe-c8d6-4557-9c23-8f8d16534262. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).