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Bill	Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District.	Existing law creates, within the Counties of Sonoma and Marin, the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District with specified duties and powers relative to the provision of a passenger and freight rail system within the territory of the district. Under existing law, the district is governed by a 12-member board of directors appointed by various local governmental entities. Existing law authorizes the board to submit to the voters of the district a measure proposing a retail transactions and use tax ordinance.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 904	California SB 904 (20232024)	bill	Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District	enacted	Dodd	6	27	8	2024-01-04	2024-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/e8ea0d4e-33f2-4d1b-89a9-01dfe70038cb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904	e3c572544479b57970cbb25435578e84b2a46b4fa4aaff85b263b735addd0701	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 904 (20232024) — Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District.

Existing law creates, within the Counties of Sonoma and Marin, the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District with specified duties and powers relative to the provision of a passenger and freight rail system within the territory of the district. Under existing law, the district is governed by a 12-member board of directors appointed by various local governmental entities. Existing law authorizes the board to submit to the voters of the district a measure proposing a retail transactions and use tax ordinance.

Version chain

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

1. 01/04/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/28/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB904 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/29/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 904 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Connolly — 56–15 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections] — 11–3 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB904 Dodd et al. Concurrence — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading SB904 Dodd et al. — 29–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] — 11–4 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dodd — primary (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
• Connolly — coauthor (person)
• Wood — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-05 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 4.
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and E. & C.A. referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Set for hearing April 9.
• 2024-03-21 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
• 2024-04-05 Set for hearing April 16 in E. & C.A. pending receipt.
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. (Ayes 11. Noes 4. Page 3534.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3630.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-22 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2024-04-29 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 4076.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-06-03 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and ELECTIONS. referral-committee
• 2024-06-18 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 26). 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 as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 15. Page 6547.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5510.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-03 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 866, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e8ea0d4e-33f2-4d1b-89a9-01dfe70038cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).