republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-904.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District."
description: "Existing law creates, within the Counties of Sonoma and Marin, the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District with specified duties and powers relative to the provision of a passenger and freight rail system within the territory of the district. Under existing law, the district is governed by a 12-member board of directors appointed by various local governmental entities. Existing law authorizes the board to submit to the voters of the district a measure proposing a retail transactions and use tax ordinance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 904"
citation: "California SB 904 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dodd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-04"
last_action: "2024-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8ea0d4e-33f2-4d1b-89a9-01dfe70038cb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904"
source_hash: "e3c572544479b57970cbb25435578e84b2a46b4fa4aaff85b263b735addd0701"
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 904 (20232024) — Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District.

Existing law creates, within the Counties of Sonoma and Marin, the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District with specified duties and powers relative to the provision of a passenger and freight rail system within the territory of the district. Under existing law, the district is governed by a 12-member board of directors appointed by various local governmental entities. Existing law authorizes the board to submit to the voters of the district a measure proposing a retail transactions and use tax ordinance.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/04/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904&version=20230SB90499INT)
2. **03/21/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904&version=20230SB90498AMD)
3. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904&version=20230SB90497AMD)
4. **09/28/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904&version=20230SB90495CHP)
5. **SB904** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904)
6. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB904&version=20230SB90496ENR)

## Votes

- SB 904 Dodd Senate Third Reading By Connolly — **56–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections] — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB904 Dodd et al. Concurrence — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB904 Dodd et al. — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] — **11–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dodd — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-05** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 4.
- **2024-02-21** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2024-03-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 16 in E. & C.A. pending receipt.
- **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. (Ayes 11. Noes 4. Page 3534.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3630.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** Set for hearing April 29.
- **2024-04-29** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 4076.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-06-03** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-18** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ELECTIONS. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 15. Page 6547.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5510.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 866, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8ea0d4e-33f2-4d1b-89a9-01dfe70038cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).