republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1853.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "San Joaquin Regional Transit District: meetings: surplus money investments."
description: "The San Joaquin Regional Transit District Act authorizes the creation of the San Joaquin Regional Transit District, and if created, specifies the district's powers and responsibilities. The act requires the district to be governed by a board of directors, requires the board to adopt rules for its proceedings, and authorizes the board to provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each board member receive $50 for each board meeting attended, not to exceed $100 in a calendar month."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1853"
citation: "California AB 1853 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["San Joaquin Regional Transit District", "meetings", "surplus money investments"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Villapudua"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-17"
last_action: "2024-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7114e15b-888b-43fa-9423-5bffe407f4bc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1853"
source_hash: "574cfeef06fd339141fabe480c33b45a8cd759668bb76dac41dd253333df0116"
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 AB 1853 (20232024) — San Joaquin Regional Transit District: meetings: surplus money investments.

The San Joaquin Regional Transit District Act authorizes the creation of the San Joaquin Regional Transit District, and if created, specifies the district's powers and responsibilities. The act requires the district to be governed by a board of directors, requires the board to adopt rules for its proceedings, and authorizes the board to provide, by ordinance or resolution, that each board member receive $50 for each board meeting attended, not to exceed $100 in a calendar month.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/17/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1853&version=20230AB185399INT)
2. **03/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1853&version=20230AB185398AMD)
3. **06/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1853&version=20230AB185397AMD)
4. **09/12/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1853&version=20230AB185395CHP)
5. **AB1853** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1853)
6. **08/26/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1853&version=20230AB185396ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1853 Villapudua et al. By Wilk — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1853 Villapudua Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1853 Villapudua Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Villapudua — primary (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-18** From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
- **2024-01-29** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** 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`
- **2024-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4988.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-08** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5225.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 6426.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 216, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7114e15b-888b-43fa-9423-5bffe407f4bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).