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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority."
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description: "Existing law creates the Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction Authority for purposes relating to the development of a light rail project extending from the City of Los Angeles to the Cities of Pasadena and Claremont. Existing law provides that the authority shall be governed by a board consisting of 5 voting members and one nonvoting member and requires the authority to adopt a code of conduct for officers and board members of the authority that, among other things, specifies circumstances under which a board member shall be deemed to have a financial interest in a decision."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20112012"
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identifier: "AB 706"
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citation: "California AB 706 (20112012)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Torres"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2011-02-17"
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last_action: "2011-10-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/756aeeff-73b2-43fc-aa8e-25a3da1bf015"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB706"
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source_hash: "22a1c7232796185535388c652c84080f3c7a5c03cc8993bc6d63da289df01188"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 706 (20112012) — Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority.
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Existing law creates the Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction Authority for purposes relating to the development of a light rail project extending from the City of Los Angeles to the Cities of Pasadena and Claremont. Existing law provides that the authority shall be governed by a board consisting of 5 voting members and one nonvoting member and requires the authority to adopt a code of conduct for officers and board members of the authority that, among other things, specifies circumstances under which a board member shall be deemed to have a financial interest in a decision.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB706&version=20110AB70699INT)
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2. **08/22/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB706&version=20110AB70698AMD)
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3. **09/01/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB706&version=20110AB70697AMD)
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4. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB706&version=20110AB70695CHP)
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5. **AB706** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB706)
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6. **09/19/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB706&version=20110AB70696ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB706 Torres By Hernandez Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 706 TORRES Concurrence - Urgency Added — **74–4** (pass) · lower
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- AB 706 TORRES Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
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- amendments be concurred in. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Torres — primary (person)
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- Eng — principal coauthor (person)
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- Hagman — principal coauthor (person)
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- Hernandez — principal coauthor (person)
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- Huff — principal coauthor (person)
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- Roger Hernández — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
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- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2011-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1178.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-08-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2011-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-08-29** Pursuant to Joint Rule 33.1, Joint Rules 61(a)(10) and 61(a)(12) were dispensed with.
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- **2011-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2075.)
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- **2011-08-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2011-08-31** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2314.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
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- **2011-09-07** Measure version as amended on September 1 corrected. `amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2011-09-08** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2011-09-08** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3106.)
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- **2011-09-08** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (September 8). `committee-passage`
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- **2011-09-09** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 3177.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2011-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 533, Statutes of 2011.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/756aeeff-73b2-43fc-aa8e-25a3da1bf015`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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