republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-359.md

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Bill	Use Fuel Tax Law: Diesel Fuel Tax Law: exempt bus operation.	The Use Fuel Tax Law imposes a state excise tax at specified rates, generally $0.18 per gallon, on the use of fuel, as defined, and establishes various exemptions from those taxes, including an exemption for any transit district, transit authority, or city owning and operating a local transit system, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 359	California SB 359 (20252026)	bill	DieselFuelTaxLaw UseFuelTaxLaw exemptbusoperation	enacted	Niello	6	27	8	2025-02-13	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/27f3d7ea-ab03-42ae-a21c-adcb27b8f437	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB359	f0c9e3b562ebad1638e402c5525bde1ecaa5ce9c4bf0f0a2211cc0a5c1ab401e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 359 (20252026) — Use Fuel Tax Law: Diesel Fuel Tax Law: exempt bus operation.

The Use Fuel Tax Law imposes a state excise tax at specified rates, generally $0.18 per gallon, on the use of fuel, as defined, and establishes various exemptions from those taxes, including an exemption for any transit district, transit authority, or city owning and operating a local transit system, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/26/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB359 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB359 Niello Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 359 Niello Senate Third Reading By Patterson — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Niello — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
• 2025-02-26 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2025-03-18 Set for hearing May 14.
• 2025-04-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-05-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1082.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-15 Set for hearing May 19.
• 2025-05-19 May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-20 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1197.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1325.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2025-06-24 June 23 set for first hearing. Placed on REV. & TAX. suspense file.
• 2025-06-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2991.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2818.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 217, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27f3d7ea-ab03-42ae-a21c-adcb27b8f437. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).