Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority.
The Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act authorizes a county board of supervisors to create or otherwise designate a local transportation authority in the county that may impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to voter approval and other specified requirements. Pursuant to that authority, the county board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento created the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) .
California AB 1223 (20252026) — Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority.
The Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act authorizes a county board of supervisors to create or otherwise designate a local transportation authority in the county that may impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to voter approval and other specified requirements. Pursuant to that authority, the county board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento created the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) .
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1223 Nguyen Assembly Third Reading — 52–15 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 4–1 (pass) · upper
AB 1223 Nguyen Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–17 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] — 7–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — 11–3 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB1223 Nguyen et al. By Cortese — 28–11 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Nguyen — primary (person)
Krell — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
2025-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2025-03-10 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS. referral-committee
2025-03-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-03-11 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2025-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2025-04-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 23). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-04-24 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2025-04-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 28). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2025-04-30 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-01 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2025-05-08 Withdrawn from committee.
2025-05-08 Ordered to second reading.
2025-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 15. Page 1597.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2025-05-28 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and REV. & TAX. referral-committee
2025-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 9). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2025-07-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 2445.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-04 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-04 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 17. Page 2935.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 724, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a3091a60-7ff6-4a5d-92c5-5764efbe957d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).