California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 1 R cosponsors

AB 2222 — Transit Pass Program: free or reduced-fare transit passes.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

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

This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

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Summary

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Each of these segments is authorized to provide instruction and other services to the students who attend the institutions under their respective jurisdictions. Existing law also authorizes the governing board of a school district to provide for the transportation of pupils to and from school whenever in the judgment of the board the transportation is advisable and good reasons exist to do so. This bill would establish the Transit Pass Program to be administered by the Department of Transportation with moneys made available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to support transit pass programs that provide free or reduced-fare transit passes to specified pupils and students. The bill would require the department to develop guidelines that describe the criteria that eligible transit providers are required to use to make available free or reduced-fare transit passes to eligible participants. The bill would exempt those guidelines from the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would require eligible transit providers and eligible participants to enter into agreements for the distribution of free or reduced-fare transit passes to students. This bill would require that the guidelines ensure that moneys from the program are used to expand eligibility or further reduce the cost of a transit pass under existing programs. The bill would require the department to develop performance measures and reporting requirements to evaluate the effectiveness of the program, including an annual update of the number of free or reduced-fare transit passes distributed to pupils and students and whether the program is increasing transit ridership among pupils and students. The bill would set a minimum allocation of $20,000 for each eligible transit provider and would provide for the distribution and allocation of remaining Transit Pass Program moneys by formula to eligible transit providers. The bill would require, for purposes of determining an eligible transit provider's eligibility for moneys distributed to a transportation planning agency from the Public Transportation Account, that free or discounted transit fare passes be calculated at their full retail value.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

  2. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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

  4. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 29).

  5. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q.

  6. Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and E.Q.

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

  8. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 7. Page 5187.)

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  11. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 2.) (May 27).

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

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

  14. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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

  16. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

  17. From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.

  18. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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

Sponsors (1)

  • Holden

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality]

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6004
Democratic 1000
Total 7004
% of votes cast 64%0%0%36%
How each member voted (11)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Not Voting
Beall — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Galgiani — Not Voting
Allen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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AB 2222 HOLDEN Assembly Third Reading

Passed 72 Yea · 7 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 64501
Democratic 5000
Republican 3200
Total 72701
% of votes cast 90%9%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gray — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Burke — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Harper — Nay
Chang — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mathis — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wilk — Nay
Williams — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Not Voting
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 18 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15100
Democratic 2000
Republican 1100
Total 18200
% of votes cast 90%10%0%0%
How each member voted (20)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Holden — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Bigelow — Nay
Chang — Yea
Daly — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 16000
Total 16000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (16)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Brown — Yea
Linder — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Chu — Yea
Kim — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Baker — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea

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Subjects

transportation education
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2222 do?
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Each of these segments is authorized to provide instruction and other services to the students who attend the institutions under their respective jurisdictions. Existing law also authorizes the governing board of a school district to provide for the transportation of pupils to and from school whenever in the judgment of the board the transportation is advisable and good reasons exist to do so. This bill would establish the Transit Pass Program to be administered by the Department of Transportation with moneys made available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to support transit pass programs that provide free or reduced-fare transit passes to specified pupils and students. The bill would require the department to develop guidelines that describe the criteria that eligible transit providers are required to use to make available free or reduced-fare transit passes to eligible participants. The bill would exempt those guidelines from the Administrative Procedure Act. The bill would require eligible transit providers and eligible participants to enter into agreements for the distribution of free or reduced-fare transit passes to students. This bill would require that the guidelines ensure that moneys from the program are used to expand eligibility or further reduce the cost of a transit pass under existing programs. The bill would require the department to develop performance measures and reporting requirements to evaluate the effectiveness of the program, including an annual update of the number of free or reduced-fare transit passes distributed to pupils and students and whether the program is increasing transit ridership among pupils and students. The bill would set a minimum allocation of $20,000 for each eligible transit provider and would provide for the distribution and allocation of remaining Transit Pass Program moneys by formula to eligible transit providers. The bill would require, for purposes of determining an eligible transit provider's eligibility for moneys distributed to a transportation planning agency from the Public Transportation Account, that free or discounted transit fare passes be calculated at their full retail value.
Who sponsors AB 2222?
AB 2222 is sponsored by Holden, Gonzalez, Jeff (Republican), and Travis Allen.
What is the current status of AB 2222?
This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 2222?
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