republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-302.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board: regulation of for-hire vehicle and passenger jitney services."
description: "Existing law establishes the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board. Under existing law, the board's jurisdiction includes specified cities in, and the unincorporated area of, the County of San Diego, except for the portion of the county under the jurisdiction of the North San Diego County Transit Development Board, as specified. Existing law authorizes the board to enter into contracts with any city in its area of jurisdiction and with the county to license or regulate transportation services, and to regulate vehicle safety and driver qualifications for passenger jitney service, as defined, operating between cities and between a city and unincorporated portions of the county within the area of its jurisdiction. Existing law requires the board to levy fees necessary to recover the full cost of regulating those services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 302"
citation: "California AB 302 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board: regulation of for-hire vehicle and passenger jitney services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2021-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49e1e78e-a911-40c7-9126-e088c57272e0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB302"
source_hash: "3f0e8f92702229f19718367df551ff9f003e976ad2ca4771801e94307d19f47e"
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 302 (20212022) — San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board: regulation of for-hire vehicle and passenger jitney services.

Existing law establishes the San Diego Metropolitan Transit Development Board. Under existing law, the board's jurisdiction includes specified cities in, and the unincorporated area of, the County of San Diego, except for the portion of the county under the jurisdiction of the North San Diego County Transit Development Board, as specified. Existing law authorizes the board to enter into contracts with any city in its area of jurisdiction and with the county to license or regulate transportation services, and to regulate vehicle safety and driver qualifications for passenger jitney service, as defined, operating between cities and between a city and unincorporated portions of the county within the area of its jurisdiction. Existing law requires the board to levy fees necessary to recover the full cost of regulating those services.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB302&version=20210AB30299INT)
2. **03/15/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB302&version=20210AB30298AMD)
3. **06/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB302&version=20210AB30297AMD)
4. **07/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB302&version=20210AB30295CHP)
5. **AB302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB302)
6. **06/29/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB302&version=20210AB30296ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 302 Ward Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 302 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **17–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ward — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 932.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-06-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1632.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-06-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2121.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2021-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 89, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49e1e78e-a911-40c7-9126-e088c57272e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).