republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-798.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Transportation Financing Authority: toll facilities."
description: "(1) Existing law generally provides for programming and allocation of transportation capital improvement funds pursuant to the state transportation improvement program process administered by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the development of toll road projects under certain conditions. Existing law authorizes the commission and the Department of Transportation to operate and manage the Transportation Finance Bank to make loans for transportation projects. Existing law creates the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to assist in the financing of various public infrastructure projects. Existing law authorizes the state to issue tax-exempt revenue anticipation notes backed by federal transportation appropriations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 798"
citation: "California AB 798 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["California Transportation Financing Authority: toll facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nava"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2009-02-26"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d5ca5fd-4577-4b62-8e08-8298c970e4f8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB798"
source_hash: "998631ecf61b2f5312e7fabef2957dbc70754f1898a8f7011003593dca46af7d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 798 (20092010) — California Transportation Financing Authority: toll facilities.

(1) Existing law generally provides for programming and allocation of transportation capital improvement funds pursuant to the state transportation improvement program process administered by the California Transportation Commission. Existing law authorizes the development of toll road projects under certain conditions. Existing law authorizes the commission and the Department of Transportation to operate and manage the Transportation Finance Bank to make loans for transportation projects. Existing law creates the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank to assist in the financing of various public infrastructure projects. Existing law authorizes the state to issue tax-exempt revenue anticipation notes backed by federal transportation appropriations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB798&version=20090AB79899INT)
2. **06/24/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB798&version=20090AB79898AMD)
3. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB798&version=20090AB79896CHP)
4. **AB798** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB798)
5. **09/14/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB798&version=20090AB79897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB798 Nava By Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 798 NAVA Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 798 NAVA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nava — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2009-03-23** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 1994.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-23** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2009-07-23** (Page 1804.)
- **2009-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-08-17** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2009-08-31** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-31** (received by desk August 28, 2009 pursuant to JR61(a)(11))
- **2009-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 4. Page 2159.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-09** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 3191.)
- **2009-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 3220.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 474, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d5ca5fd-4577-4b62-8e08-8298c970e4f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).