republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2923.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District: transit-oriented development."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) with various powers and duties and establishes a board of directors as the legislative body of the district. Existing law requires the board to determine all questions of district policy and what transit facilities should be acquired or constructed, and authorizes the board to establish zones within the district to undertake the acquisition or construction of any transit facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2923"
citation: "California AB 2923 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District: transit-oriented development."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a9687f2-0812-4c0e-8b08-67a5f9825073"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2923"
source_hash: "6560261727d8c0b2c8d371d7d594be3a08a6b75fe8acbcc9bc889a8f8b3171ab"
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 2923 (20172018) — San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District: transit-oriented development.

(1) Existing law establishes the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) with various powers and duties and establishes a board of directors as the legislative body of the district. Existing law requires the board to determine all questions of district policy and what transit facilities should be acquired or constructed, and authorizes the board to establish zones within the district to undertake the acquisition or construction of any transit facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2923&version=20170AB292399INT)
2. **04/11/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2923&version=20170AB292398AMD)
3. **04/30/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2923&version=20170AB292397AMD)
4. **07/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2923&version=20170AB292396AMD)
5. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2923&version=20170AB292395AMD)
6. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2923&version=20170AB292393CHP)
7. **AB2923** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2923)
8. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2923&version=20170AB292394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2923 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — **42–32** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2923 Chiu et al. By McGuire — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- AB 2923 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **46–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chiu — primary (person)
- Bloom — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — author (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-12** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-16** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4674.)
- **2018-04-16** (pending re-referral to Com. on NAT. RES.)
- **2018-04-19** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5298.)
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 32. Page 5634.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-20** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-07-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-08-13** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5647.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 28. Page 6731.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1000, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a9687f2-0812-4c0e-8b08-67a5f9825073`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).