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type: "Bill"
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title: "The Great Redwood Trail Agency."
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description: "(1) Existing law creates the Great Redwood Trail Agency with various powers and duties relating to rail service in the north coast area of the state, including the authority to acquire, own, lease, and operate railroad lines and equipment, and requires the agency, to the extent funding is available, to initiate or complete a railbanking process on its rail rights-of-way and to plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain a trail in, or parallel to, its rail rights-of-way. For purposes of these provisions, existing law grants the agency specified powers including, among others, the power to enter into and perform all necessary contracts in accordance with certain requirements. Under existing law, the authority is governed by a board of directors composed of nonvoting members appointed by the Governor and 9 voting members appointed by various local governments in the north coast area including a city representative selected by the cities served by the authority's rail line."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 727"
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citation: "California SB 727 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["TheGreatRedwoodTrailAgency"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-02-21"
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last_action: "2025-10-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/911d8f57-5437-4461-b971-b16bb92c27e7"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB727"
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source_hash: "1c94501557eb88c04b28be7cbe4698589b59e9b5f558d31fb535ce789ecae2ea"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 727 (20252026) — The Great Redwood Trail Agency.
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(1) Existing law creates the Great Redwood Trail Agency with various powers and duties relating to rail service in the north coast area of the state, including the authority to acquire, own, lease, and operate railroad lines and equipment, and requires the agency, to the extent funding is available, to initiate or complete a railbanking process on its rail rights-of-way and to plan, design, construct, operate, and maintain a trail in, or parallel to, its rail rights-of-way. For purposes of these provisions, existing law grants the agency specified powers including, among others, the power to enter into and perform all necessary contracts in accordance with certain requirements. Under existing law, the authority is governed by a board of directors composed of nonvoting members appointed by the Governor and 9 voting members appointed by various local governments in the north coast area including a city representative selected by the cities served by the authority's rail line.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB727&version=20250SB72799INT)
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2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB727&version=20250SB72798AMD)
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3. **04/21/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB727&version=20250SB72797AMD)
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4. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB727&version=20250SB72796AMD)
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5. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB727&version=20250SB72794CHP)
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6. **SB727** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB727)
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7. **09/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB727&version=20250SB72795ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Natural Resources] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 727 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Rogers — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- McGuire — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-12** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2025-04-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 839.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
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- **2025-05-01** May 5 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
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- **2025-05-12** May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1211.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1523.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-16** Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and NAT. RES. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on NAT. RES. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-13** Joint Rule 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)
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- **2025-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3443.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-13** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 424, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/911d8f57-5437-4461-b971-b16bb92c27e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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