Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes. Existing law authorizes the department to make and enter into any contracts in the manner provided by law that are required for performance of its duties. Existing law requires that the department's contracts with federally recognized Indian tribes be limited to activities related to on-reservation or off-reservation cultural resource management and environmental studies and off-reservation traffic impact mitigation projects on or connecting to the state highway system, as specified. Existing law requires that off-reservation traffic impact mitigation contracts with federally recognized Indian tribes meet certain requirements, including that the contracts provide for limited waivers of sovereign immunity by those Indian tribes for the state for the purpose of enforcing obligations arising from the contracted activities.
California AB 630 (20232024) — Department of Transportation: contracts: tribes.
Existing law vests the Department of Transportation with full possession and control of all state highways and all property and rights in property acquired for state highway purposes. Existing law authorizes the department to make and enter into any contracts in the manner provided by law that are required for performance of its duties. Existing law requires that the department's contracts with federally recognized Indian tribes be limited to activities related to on-reservation or off-reservation cultural resource management and environmental studies and off-reservation traffic impact mitigation projects on or connecting to the state highway system, as specified. Existing law requires that off-reservation traffic impact mitigation contracts with federally recognized Indian tribes meet certain requirements, including that the contracts provide for limited waivers of sovereign immunity by those Indian tribes for the state for the purpose of enforcing obligations arising from the contracted activities.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 630 Ramos Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ramos — primary (person)
Mathis — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
2023-02-17 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2023-03-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2023-03-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-05-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-05-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1595.) 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 JUD. referral-committee
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2139.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-08-17 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
2023-09-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 137, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23a5a5a9-7aac-4de7-b1ae-ab21677a82f0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).