Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District: transaction and use tax rates.
(1) Existing law authorizes various specified cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law. A provision of the Transactions and Use Tax Law prohibits the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in a county from exceeding 2%.
California SB 862 (20232024) — Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District: transaction and use tax rates.
(1) Existing law authorizes various specified cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law. A provision of the Transactions and Use Tax Law prohibits the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in a county from exceeding 2%.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 862 Laird Senate Third Reading By Pellerin — 52–16 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 6–3 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB862 Laird Concurrence — 30–8 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 39–0 (pass) · upper
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Laird — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on AGRI. referral-committee
2023-03-08 Set for hearing April 18.
2023-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 768.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
2023-05-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1052.) 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 AGRI. referral-committee
2023-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-06-15 Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-08-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 16. Page 2680.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-08-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-08-17 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
2023-08-24 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2175.) Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, referral-committee
2023-08-25 Set for hearing August 30.
2023-08-30 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 2220.) committee-passage
2023-09-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2420.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2023-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 296, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e64dc0b4-a829-4ed2-82d1-f6de06011520. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).