republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1770.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Transportation Financing Authority."
description: "Existing law creates the California Transportation Financing Authority, with specified powers and duties relative to issuance of bonds to fund transportation projects to be backed, in whole or in part, by various revenue streams of transportation funds, and toll revenues under certain conditions, in order to increase the construction of new capacity or improvements for the state transportation system consistent with specified goals. Existing law defines \"project\" for these purposes to include, among other things, a rail project."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1770"
citation: "California AB 1770 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Transportation Financing Authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bonnie Lowenthal"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-17"
last_action: "2012-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c963b7c6-ce7c-4db0-8f2c-d323d9bedec1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1770"
source_hash: "e8aa7a935f5e7ca5e2e6f0ba4779251c7efdb4f025af59b6867d0a7bb85b10d4"
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 1770 (20112012) — California Transportation Financing Authority.

Existing law creates the California Transportation Financing Authority, with specified powers and duties relative to issuance of bonds to fund transportation projects to be backed, in whole or in part, by various revenue streams of transportation funds, and toll revenues under certain conditions, in order to increase the construction of new capacity or improvements for the state transportation system consistent with specified goals. Existing law defines "project" for these purposes to include, among other things, a rail project.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1770&version=20110AB177099INT)
2. **09/14/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1770&version=20110AB177097CHP)
3. **AB1770** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1770)
4. **08/22/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1770&version=20110AB177098ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Governance and Finance. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1770 Bonnie Lowenthal By DeSaulnier — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- AB 1770 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — **69–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bonnie Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 4. Page 4661.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 14. Page 4574.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 316, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c963b7c6-ce7c-4db0-8f2c-d323d9bedec1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).