California 2013-2014 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 557 — High-speed rail.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 216, Statutes of 2013.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 22, 2013. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 5 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relating to the development and implementation of an intercity high-speed rail system. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable, High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, authorizes $9,950,000,000 in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail development and other related purposes. Existing law appropriates specified funds from the High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Fund and from federal funds for high-speed rail and connecting rail projects. This bill would add detail to provisions governing the expenditure of certain of those appropriated funds. The bill would specify that of the $1,100,000,000 appropriated for early high-speed rail improvement projects in the Budget Act of 2012, $600,000,000 and $500,000,000 shall be allocated solely for purposes of specified memoranda of understanding approved by the High-Speed Rail Authority for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission region and the southern California region, respectively. The bill would limit fund transfer authority between certain appropriations to temporary transfers for account management purposes. The bill would restrict use of certain appropriated funds, to the extent they are allocated to the San Francisco-San Jose segment of the high-speed rail system, to implement a rail system in that segment that primarily consists of a 2-track blended system to be used jointly by high-speed trains and Caltrain commuter trains, with the system to be contained substantially within the existing Caltrain right-of-way. These provisions would be effective until a specified time, and would be inoperative thereafter. This bill would also require any track expansion for the San Francisco to San Jose segment beyond the blended system approach to be approved by all 9 parties to the Bay Area High-Speed Rail Early Investment Strategy Memorandum of Understanding, as specified.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 216, Statutes of 2013.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 2712.) Ordered to the Senate.

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (August 14).

  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  9. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  10. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  11. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 5. Page 1043.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  13. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  14. Set for hearing May 20.

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

  16. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1. Page 759.) (April 30).

  17. Set for hearing April 30.

  18. Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.

  19. Set for hearing April 23.

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

  21. Read first time.

  22. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.

  23. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Gordon · Cosponsor
  • Hill · Primary
  • Mullin · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 6 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Hill

Co-sponsors (2)

  • Gordon
  • Mullin

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

SB 557 Hill Senate Third Reading By MULLIN

Passed 54 Yea · 24 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 502100
Democratic 4000
Republican 0300
Total 542400
% of votes cast 69%31%0%0%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brown — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Linder — Yea
Logue — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Mansoor — Nay
Wagner — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Daly — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Gray — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Fong — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Holden — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Campos — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gorell — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Bocanegra — Yea
Levine — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Chau — Yea
Medina — Yea
Allen — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Salas — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Conway — Nay
Cooley — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Ting — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Fox — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Hall — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 13 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12400
Democratic 1000
Total 13400
% of votes cast 76%24%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Campos — Yea
Holden — Yea
Pan — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Weber — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Donnelly — Nay
Linder — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Gatto — Yea
Hall — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 13 Yea · 2 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11101
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 13201
% of votes cast 81%13%0%6%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Linder — Yea
Logue — Not Voting
Morrell — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

Official roll call →

3rd Reading

Passed 30 Yea · 5 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27504
Democratic 3000
Total 30504
% of votes cast 77%13%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Wright — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Evans — Not Voting
Wyland — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Beall — Yea
De León — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huff — Yea
Knight — Nay
Lara — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Price — Yea
Roth — Nay
Steinberg — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Liu — Not Voting
Walters — Not Voting
DeSaulnier — Yea
Yee — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 557 do?
Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority with specified powers and duties relating to the development and implementation of an intercity high-speed rail system. Existing law, pursuant to the Safe, Reliable, High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Act for the 21st Century, authorizes $9,950,000,000 in general obligation bonds for high-speed rail development and other related purposes. Existing law appropriates specified funds from the High-Speed Passenger Train Bond Fund and from federal funds for high-speed rail and connecting rail projects. This bill would add detail to provisions governing the expenditure of certain of those appropriated funds. The bill would specify that of the $1,100,000,000 appropriated for early high-speed rail improvement projects in the Budget Act of 2012, $600,000,000 and $500,000,000 shall be allocated solely for purposes of specified memoranda of understanding approved by the High-Speed Rail Authority for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission region and the southern California region, respectively. The bill would limit fund transfer authority between certain appropriations to temporary transfers for account management purposes. The bill would restrict use of certain appropriated funds, to the extent they are allocated to the San Francisco-San Jose segment of the high-speed rail system, to implement a rail system in that segment that primarily consists of a 2-track blended system to be used jointly by high-speed trains and Caltrain commuter trains, with the system to be contained substantially within the existing Caltrain right-of-way. These provisions would be effective until a specified time, and would be inoperative thereafter. This bill would also require any track expansion for the San Francisco to San Jose segment beyond the blended system approach to be approved by all 9 parties to the Bay Area High-Speed Rail Early Investment Strategy Memorandum of Understanding, as specified.
Who sponsors SB 557?
SB 557 is sponsored by Gordon, Hill, and Mullin.
What is the current status of SB 557?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 22, 2013. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 557?
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