Existing law provides for the regulation and licensing of pilots for Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. Existing law also establishes, in the Transportation Agency, the Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. Existing law prescribes the rates of bar pilotage fees required to be charged by pilots and paid by vessels inward and outward bound through those bays. Existing law also imposes an additional pilot boat surcharge to recover the pilots' costs of obtaining new pilot boats, including preliminary design and engineering, and of funding design and engineering modifications for the purpose of extending the service life of existing pilot boats, excluding costs for repair or maintenance, and authorizes the board to adjust the amount of the surcharge, as specified. Existing law requires the moneys charged and collected each month from the surcharge to be paid to the Board of Pilot Commissioners' Special Fund and credited to the Pilot Boat Surcharge Account, the moneys in which are continuously appropriated to the board to fund the pilot boat costs of obtaining new pilot boats and of funding design and engineering modifications for the purposes of extending the service life of existing pilot boats, excluding costs for repair or maintenance, and to cover the administrative costs of the board with respect to administration of the account. Existing law prohibits the amounts expended from the account for specified fiscal years from exceeding specified limits.
California SB 295 (20232024) — Board of Pilot Commissioners: surcharge.
Existing law provides for the regulation and licensing of pilots for Monterey Bay and the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. Existing law also establishes, in the Transportation Agency, the Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo, and Suisun. Existing law prescribes the rates of bar pilotage fees required to be charged by pilots and paid by vessels inward and outward bound through those bays. Existing law also imposes an additional pilot boat surcharge to recover the pilots' costs of obtaining new pilot boats, including preliminary design and engineering, and of funding design and engineering modifications for the purpose of extending the service life of existing pilot boats, excluding costs for repair or maintenance, and authorizes the board to adjust the amount of the surcharge, as specified. Existing law requires the moneys charged and collected each month from the surcharge to be paid to the Board of Pilot Commissioners' Special Fund and credited to the Pilot Boat Surcharge Account, the moneys in which are continuously appropriated to the board to fund the pilot boat costs of obtaining new pilot boats and of funding design and engineering modifications for the purposes of extending the service life of existing pilot boats, excluding costs for repair or maintenance, and to cover the administrative costs of the board with respect to administration of the account. Existing law prohibits the amounts expended from the account for specified fiscal years from exceeding specified limits.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB295 Dodd et al. Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
SB 295 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Grayson — 69–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Dodd — primary (person)
Grayson — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-02 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-03 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
2023-02-15 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2023-03-07 Set for hearing March 28.
2023-03-15 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
2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 579.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-10 Set for hearing April 17.
2023-04-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-04-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1071.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-05-26 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2023-06-16 June 26 hearing postponed by committee.
2024-06-06 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
2024-06-24 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
2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 15). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6515.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-08-26 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2024-08-26 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on G.O. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5416.) Re-referred to Com. on G.O. committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-08-28 Set for hearing August 28.
2024-08-28 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 5621.) committee-passage
2024-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5632.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 856, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/945e2a77-0295-4da5-b031-e57cfbed12f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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