republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-325.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Central California Railroad Authority."
description: "Existing law authorizes the creation of railroad authorities in various parts of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 325"
citation: "California SB 325 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Central California Railroad Authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rubio"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-02-14"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/206f86f3-b166-43bd-89d4-3881a41e33d8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB325"
source_hash: "50891aba93c87e60b230e9933733534941f69a0aad3f01700d4ac937d4de7393"
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 325 (20112012) — Central California Railroad Authority.

Existing law authorizes the creation of railroad authorities in various parts of the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB325&version=20110SB32599INT)
2. **03/21/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB325&version=20110SB32598AMD)
3. **04/04/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB325&version=20110SB32597AMD)
4. **04/26/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB325&version=20110SB32596AMD)
5. **05/11/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB325&version=20110SB32595AMD)
6. **06/09/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB325&version=20110SB32594AMD)
7. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB325&version=20110SB32592CHP)
8. **SB325** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB325)
9. **08/24/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB325&version=20110SB32593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 325 Rubio Senate Third Reading By PEREA — **54–21** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB325 Rubio Concurrence — **35–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Transportation. — **7–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rubio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-25** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2011-04-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 643.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 1037.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** 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`
- **2011-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (July 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 2448.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 2000.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 234, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/206f86f3-b166-43bd-89d4-3881a41e33d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).