republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-14.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State freight plan."
description: "Existing law creates the Transportation Agency in state government, consisting of various departments, including the Department of Transportation, which, among other things, is responsible for the state highway system. Existing law also requires the department to prepare a state rail plan, which contains a freight element. Existing law provides for the state and regional agencies to engage in various transportation planning activities, including goods movement planning activities. Existing federal law provides certain incentives to the states for developing a state freight plan consistent with federal guidelines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 14"
citation: "California AB 14 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State freight plan."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4e6fd5e-d597-444b-9054-d6b3eda13d09"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB14"
source_hash: "35f5337ea0f0e8e6337a8aecb8b39f8a51b631f38a4a01a7fdd298148205e9b9"
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 14 (20132014) — State freight plan.

Existing law creates the Transportation Agency in state government, consisting of various departments, including the Department of Transportation, which, among other things, is responsible for the state highway system. Existing law also requires the department to prepare a state rail plan, which contains a freight element. Existing law provides for the state and regional agencies to engage in various transportation planning activities, including goods movement planning activities. Existing federal law provides certain incentives to the states for developing a state freight plan consistent with federal guidelines.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB14&version=20130AB1499INT)
2. **05/06/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB14&version=20130AB1498AMD)
3. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB14&version=20130AB1496CHP)
4. **AB14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB14)
5. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB14&version=20130AB1497ENR)

## Votes

- AB 14 LOWENTHAL Assembly Third Reading — **59–18** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB14 Lowenthal By DeSaulnier — **31–5** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **13–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-12-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
- **2012-12-04** Introduced measure version corrected. `introduction`
- **2013-01-14** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 1657.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 1881.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-19** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 223, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4e6fd5e-d597-444b-9054-d6b3eda13d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).