California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1779 — Intercity rail agreements.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 801, Statutes of 2012.

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    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2012. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 80% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 9 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to contract with Amtrak for intercity rail passenger services and provides funding for these services from the Public Transportation Account. Existing law, until December 31, 1996, authorized the department, subject to approval of the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing, to enter into an interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes responsibility for administering the state-funded intercity rail service in a particular corridor. Existing law, with respect to a transferred corridor, requires the board to demonstrate the ability to meet performance standards established by the secretary. This bill would authorize the department, with approval of the secretary, to enter into interagency transfer agreements for additional intercity rail corridors, to be entered into between June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015. The bill would require the agreements to cover the initial 3-year period after the transfer, and would authorize subsequent extensions by mutual agreement. If agreements are not entered into by that the expiration of that period, the bill would require the secretary to report to the Governor and the Legislature by June 30, 2016, as specified. This bill would specifically authorize an additional interagency transfer agreement to be entered into with respect to the San Joaquin Corridor, as defined, if a joint powers authority and governing board are created and organized. In that regard, the bill would provide for the creation of the San Joaquin Corridor Joint Powers Authority, to be governed by a board of not more than 11 members. The bill would provide that the board shall be organized when at least 6 of the 11 agencies elect to appoint members. The bill would provide for the authority to be created when the member agencies enter into a joint powers agreement, as specified. The bill would provide for future appointments of additional members if the service boundaries of the San Joaquin Corridor are expanded. Existing law requires the level of service to be funded by the state pursuant to a transfer agreement to not be less than the current number of intercity round trips operated in a corridor and serving the same endpoints. This bill would require the level of service funded by the state to remain the same during the first 3 years following the effective date of the transfer agreement, and would require the entity assuming responsibility for a corridor to provide that level of service. The bill would prohibit termination of feeder bus services except for specified reasons. Existing law provides for the allocation of state funds by the secretary to a joint powers board under an interagency transfer agreement based on the annual business plan for the intercity rail corridor and subsequent appropriation of state funds. Existing law states that the interagency transfer agreement may provide that any additional funds required to operate the intercity rail service during a fiscal year shall be provided by a joint powers board from jurisdictions that receive service. This bill, if local resources are made available for operating the intercity rail service, would require a vote of the local agency providing the resources, and would require the concurrence of the joint powers board in that regard. This bill would authorize the secretary to adopt new performance standards for intercity rail services. The bill would require the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority to protect existing services and facilities and seek to expand service, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department and any entity that assumes administrative responsibility for passenger rail services through an interagency transfer agreement to contract with specified entities for the use of tracks and other facilities and for the provision of passenger rail services. This bill would require a contractor under an agreement described above to agree that its labor relations shall be governed by a specified federal act relating to labor relations on railroads.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 801, Statutes of 2012.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 16. Page 6682.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6605.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 4931.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 16).

  12. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  13. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 3).

  15. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H.

  16. Referred to Com. on T. & H.

  17. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 11. Page 5115.)

  19. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  20. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  21. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25).

  22. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  25. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.

  26. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  27. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.

  28. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  29. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

  30. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

  31. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.

  32. Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and L. GOV.

  33. From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  34. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Cannella · Cosponsor
  • Dickinson · Cosponsor
  • Galgiani · Primary
  • Olsen · Cosponsor
  • Padilla · Cosponsor
  • Perea · Cosponsor
  • Wolk · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Galgiani

Co-sponsors (6)

  • Cannella
  • Dickinson
  • Olsen
  • Padilla
  • Perea
  • Wolk

Not signed on (115)

115 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1779 GALGIANI Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 62 Yea · 16 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 611402
Republican 0200
Democratic 1000
Total 621602
% of votes cast 78%20%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Halderman — Not Voting
Campos — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Harkey — Nay
Conway — Nay
Cook — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Knight — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Silva — Nay
Valadao — Nay
Feuer — Yea
Butler — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Fong — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Carter — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hill — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Davis — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Norby — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Williams — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mansoor — Nay
Miller — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Eng — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Yamada — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB1779 Galgiani By Padilla

Passed 31 Yea · 3 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 28306
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 31306
% of votes cast 78%8%0%15%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Evans — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Harman — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Not Voting
Anderson — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Liu — Yea
Price — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
La Malfa — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 6 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6100
Total 6100
% of votes cast 86%14%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Steinberg — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Nay
Dutton — Yea

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Kehoe — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Steinberg — Yea

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AB 1779 GALGIANI Assembly Third Reading

Passed 64 Yea · 11 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 621005
Republican 1100
Democratic 1000
Total 641105
% of votes cast 80%14%0%6%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Butler — Yea
Carter — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Fong — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Allen — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Campos — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Garrick — Not Voting
Gordon — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Chesbro — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Halderman — Yea
Fletcher — Not Voting
Harkey — Nay
Hayashi — Yea
Block — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Not Voting
Davis — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Lara — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Silva — Nay
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Williams — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Knight — Nay
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Norby — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Valadao — Not Voting
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11500
Democratic 1000
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Campos — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Norby — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Local Government.

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11003
Total 11003
% of votes cast 79%0%0%21%
How each member voted (14)
Member Party Vote
Bonilla — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Logue — Not Voting
Miller — Yea
Norby — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Jeffries — Not Voting
Ma — Yea
Eng — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1779 do?
Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to contract with Amtrak for intercity rail passenger services and provides funding for these services from the Public Transportation Account. Existing law, until December 31, 1996, authorized the department, subject to approval of the Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing, to enter into an interagency transfer agreement under which a joint powers board assumes responsibility for administering the state-funded intercity rail service in a particular corridor. Existing law, with respect to a transferred corridor, requires the board to demonstrate the ability to meet performance standards established by the secretary. This bill would authorize the department, with approval of the secretary, to enter into interagency transfer agreements for additional intercity rail corridors, to be entered into between June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2015. The bill would require the agreements to cover the initial 3-year period after the transfer, and would authorize subsequent extensions by mutual agreement. If agreements are not entered into by that the expiration of that period, the bill would require the secretary to report to the Governor and the Legislature by June 30, 2016, as specified. This bill would specifically authorize an additional interagency transfer agreement to be entered into with respect to the San Joaquin Corridor, as defined, if a joint powers authority and governing board are created and organized. In that regard, the bill would provide for the creation of the San Joaquin Corridor Joint Powers Authority, to be governed by a board of not more than 11 members. The bill would provide that the board shall be organized when at least 6 of the 11 agencies elect to appoint members. The bill would provide for the authority to be created when the member agencies enter into a joint powers agreement, as specified. The bill would provide for future appointments of additional members if the service boundaries of the San Joaquin Corridor are expanded. Existing law requires the level of service to be funded by the state pursuant to a transfer agreement to not be less than the current number of intercity round trips operated in a corridor and serving the same endpoints. This bill would require the level of service funded by the state to remain the same during the first 3 years following the effective date of the transfer agreement, and would require the entity assuming responsibility for a corridor to provide that level of service. The bill would prohibit termination of feeder bus services except for specified reasons. Existing law provides for the allocation of state funds by the secretary to a joint powers board under an interagency transfer agreement based on the annual business plan for the intercity rail corridor and subsequent appropriation of state funds. Existing law states that the interagency transfer agreement may provide that any additional funds required to operate the intercity rail service during a fiscal year shall be provided by a joint powers board from jurisdictions that receive service. This bill, if local resources are made available for operating the intercity rail service, would require a vote of the local agency providing the resources, and would require the concurrence of the joint powers board in that regard. This bill would authorize the secretary to adopt new performance standards for intercity rail services. The bill would require the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority to protect existing services and facilities and seek to expand service, as specified. Existing law authorizes the department and any entity that assumes administrative responsibility for passenger rail services through an interagency transfer agreement to contract with specified entities for the use of tracks and other facilities and for the provision of passenger rail services. This bill would require a contractor under an agreement described above to agree that its labor relations shall be governed by a specified federal act relating to labor relations on railroads.
Who sponsors AB 1779?
AB 1779 is sponsored by Cannella, Dickinson, Galgiani, Olsen, Padilla, Perea, and Wolk.
What is the current status of AB 1779?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 21, 2012. Enacted.
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