Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation, subject to approval of the Secretary of Transportation, to enter into an interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes responsibility for administering the state-funded intercity rail service in a particular corridor, including the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, defined to mean the intercity passenger rail corridor between San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Luis Obispo. Existing law requires the agreements to cover an initial 3-year period after the transfer, and authorizes subsequent extensions by mutual agreement. Pursuant to this authority, the department entered into an interagency transfer agreement with the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency to administer intercity passenger rail service in the LOSSAN corridor.
California SB 677 (20232024) — Intercity rail: LOSSAN Rail Corridor.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation, subject to approval of the Secretary of Transportation, to enter into an interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes responsibility for administering the state-funded intercity rail service in a particular corridor, including the LOSSAN Rail Corridor, defined to mean the intercity passenger rail corridor between San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Luis Obispo. Existing law requires the agreements to cover an initial 3-year period after the transfer, and authorizes subsequent extensions by mutual agreement. Pursuant to this authority, the department entered into an interagency transfer agreement with the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency to administer intercity passenger rail service in the LOSSAN corridor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
SB 677 Blakespear Senate Third Reading By Dixon — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Blakespear — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2023-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 25.
2023-04-17 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
2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0. Page 904.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
2023-05-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1054.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-11 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-05-18 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2023-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3204.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-11 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2023-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 407, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f3bd6f9-0af6-4a44-87ba-baa1c3bc2972. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).