republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1257.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utility user tax: exemption: public transit vehicles."
description: "Existing law generally provides that the legislative body of any city and any charter city may make and enforce all ordinances and regulations with respect to municipal affairs, as provided, including, but not limited to, a utility user tax on the consumption of gas and electricity. Existing law provides that the board of supervisors of any county may levy a utility user tax on the consumption of, among other things, gas and electricity, in the unincorporated area of the county."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1257"
citation: "California SB 1257 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utility user tax: exemption: public transit vehicles."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hernandez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8858a592-2b82-415d-8a27-9254b6250ee0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1257"
source_hash: "04b91f8464348e271d53663e6d6a88de351a8390a51ea26e7319ceb43cb0c826"
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 SB 1257 (20112012) — Utility user tax: exemption: public transit vehicles.

Existing law generally provides that the legislative body of any city and any charter city may make and enforce all ordinances and regulations with respect to municipal affairs, as provided, including, but not limited to, a utility user tax on the consumption of gas and electricity. Existing law provides that the board of supervisors of any county may levy a utility user tax on the consumption of, among other things, gas and electricity, in the unincorporated area of the county.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1257&version=20110SB125799INT)
2. **04/16/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1257&version=20110SB125798AMD)
3. **04/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1257&version=20110SB125797AMD)
4. **06/11/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1257&version=20110SB125796AMD)
5. **08/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1257&version=20110SB125794CHP)
6. **SB1257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1257)
7. **08/14/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1257&version=20110SB125795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1257 Hernandez Concurrence — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1257 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By ENG — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hernandez — primary (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Torres — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-22** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2012-04-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-18** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-04-20** Set for hearing May 2.
- **2012-04-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3390.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3431.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-07** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-11** Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-18** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2012-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5845.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4467.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2012-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 213, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8858a592-2b82-415d-8a27-9254b6250ee0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).