republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-185.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Transportation Commission: transportation and transportation-related policies: joint meetings."
description: "Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission, with various powers and duties relative to the programming of transportation capital projects and allocation of funds to those projects pursuant to the state transportation improvement program and various other transportation funding programs. Existing law requires the commission and the State Air Resources Board to hold at least 2 joint meetings per calendar year to coordinate their implementation of transportation policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 185"
citation: "California AB 185 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Transportation Commission: transportation and transportation-related policies: joint meetings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grayson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b4032fc-daa6-4db2-8846-143ae8fbead7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB185"
source_hash: "d7eafcbf11a035bacb1c01fa2ff159e798491e136467bf4b5d70c32878d81525"
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 185 (20192020) — California Transportation Commission: transportation and transportation-related policies: joint meetings.

Existing law creates the California Transportation Commission, with various powers and duties relative to the programming of transportation capital projects and allocation of funds to those projects pursuant to the state transportation improvement program and various other transportation funding programs. Existing law requires the commission and the State Air Resources Board to hold at least 2 joint meetings per calendar year to coordinate their implementation of transportation policies.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB185&version=20190AB18599INT)
2. **06/12/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB185&version=20190AB18598AMD)
3. **06/24/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB185&version=20190AB18597AMD)
4. **10/07/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB185&version=20190AB18595CHP)
5. **AB185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB185)
6. **09/10/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB185&version=20190AB18596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB185 Grayson et al. By Beall — **34–4** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 185 Grayson Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 185 Grayson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grayson — primary (person)
- Cervantes — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1588.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2019-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 2572.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3151.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 534, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b4032fc-daa6-4db2-8846-143ae8fbead7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).