CA AB 117
enactedTransit and Intercity Rail Capital Program: loans: transit operating purposes: San Francisco Bay area.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 117 pass?
Yes. CA AB 117 has been enacted into law as of 2026-02-19. Latest recorded action (2026-02-19): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 6, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 117 about?
Existing law establishes the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, which is funded in part by a continuously appropriated allocation of a specified portion of the annual proceeds of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, to fund transformative capital improvements that will modernize California's intercity, commuter, and urban rail systems and bus and ferry transit systems to achieve certain policy objectives. Existing law requires the Transportation Agency to evaluate applications for funding under the program and to approve a multiyear program of projects, as specified, and requires the California Transportation Commission to allocate funding to applicants pursuant to the program of projects approved by the agency. Existing law creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as a local area planning agency for the 9-county San Francisco Bay area with comprehensive regional transportation planning and other related responsibilities. Existing law creates various transit districts located in the San Francisco Bay area, including the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, with specified powers and duties relating to providing public transit services. This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2026, the Transportation Agency, subject to various requirements, to loan to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission up to $590,000,000 of funding approved under the program for projects within the San Francisco Bay area. The bill would require the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to use the proceeds of that loan to offer loans, subject to certain conditions, for public transit operating purposes to the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District. By changing the purpose for which continuously appropriated funds may be expended, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require the California Transportation Commission, if certain conditions are met, to establish an allocation plan for the awarded projects in the San Francisco Bay area under which future allocations under the program to those projects may be adjusted or deferred during the repayment period of the loan made to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, as specified. The bill would require a transit operator to use its respective share of specified funding under the State Transit Assistance Program as security for any loan made by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and would authorize the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to redirect those funds as repayment for an outstanding loan if the specified transit entity fails to make timely loan payments. The bill would make these provisions inoperative upon full repayment of the loan by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, as specified. To the extent the bill would impose new duties on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Who sponsors CA AB 117?
Committee on Budget is the primary sponsor of CA AB 117.
Description
Existing law establishes the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, which is funded in part by a continuously appropriated allocation of a specified portion of the annual proceeds of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, to fund transformative capital improvements that will modernize California's intercity, commuter, and urban rail systems and bus and ferry transit systems to achieve certain policy objectives. Existing law requires the Transportation Agency to evaluate applications for funding under the program and to approve a multiyear program of projects, as specified, and requires the California Transportation Commission to allocate funding to applicants pursuant to the program of projects approved by the agency. Existing law creates the Metropolitan Transportation Commission as a local area planning agency for the 9-county San Francisco Bay area with comprehensive regional transportation planning and other related responsibilities. Existing law creates various transit districts located in the San Francisco Bay area, including the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District, with specified powers and duties relating to providing public transit services. This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2026, the Transportation Agency, subject to various requirements, to loan to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission up to $590,000,000 of funding approved under the program for projects within the San Francisco Bay area. The bill would require the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to use the proceeds of that loan to offer loans, subject to certain conditions, for public transit operating purposes to the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, and the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District. By changing the purpose for which continuously appropriated funds may be expended, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would require the California Transportation Commission, if certain conditions are met, to establish an allocation plan for the awarded projects in the San Francisco Bay area under which future allocations under the program to those projects may be adjusted or deferred during the repayment period of the loan made to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, as specified. The bill would require a transit operator to use its respective share of specified funding under the State Transit Assistance Program as security for any loan made by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and would authorize the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to redirect those funds as repayment for an outstanding loan if the specified transit entity fails to make timely loan payments. The bill would make these provisions inoperative upon full repayment of the loan by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, as specified. To the extent the bill would impose new duties on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-13
- Latest action
- 2026-02-19 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 6, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill,appropriation
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Committee on Budgetauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-08
Read first time. To print.
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2025-01-09
From printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
2025-02-03
Referred to Com. on BUDGET.
referral-committee
2025-03-17
(Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 643.)
2025-03-17
Ordered to second reading.
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2025-03-17
Withdrawn from committee.
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2025-03-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-03-20
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 721.)
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2025-03-20
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-04-02
Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
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2025-06-25
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-02-04
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-02-13
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
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2026-02-17
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (February 17).
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2026-02-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-02-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 3425.).
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2026-02-19
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 17. Page 4033.).
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2026-02-19
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 16. Page 4031.)
2026-02-19
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-02-19
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
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2026-02-19
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-02-19
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 6, Statutes of 2026.
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Votes
AB 117 Gabriel Assembly Third Reading
2025-03-20 · pass · 53-17
Member-level votes (80)
- Gipson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Patel: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Haney: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Solache: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Fong: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Addis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bains: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Hart: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Berman: yes
- Soria: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Hadwick: no
- Flora: no
- DeMaio: no
- Macedo: no
- Alanis: no
- Ellis: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Castillo: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Gallagher: no
- Chen: no
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Lackey: no
- Davies: no
- Patterson: no
- Calderon: other
- Hoover: other
- Ahrens: other
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Papan: other
- Wallis: other
- Essayli: other
- Irwin: other
- Alvarez: other
- Krell: other
Do pass
2026-02-17 · pass · 11-4
Member-level votes (18)
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Niello: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Choi: no
- Pérez: other
- Grove: other
- Blakespear: other
3rd Reading AB117 BUDGET (Gabriel) By Laird
2026-02-19 · pass · 28-9
Member-level votes (40)
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Becker: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Allen: yes
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Stern: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Strickland: no
- Niello: no
- Choi: no
- Grove: no
- Dahle: no
- Jones: no
- Seyarto: no
- Cortese: other
- Valladares: other
- Reyes: other
AB 117 BUDGET Concurrence in Senate Amendments By GABRIEL
2026-02-19 · pass · 54-17
Member-level votes (80)
- Pellerin: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Berman: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Fong: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ward: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Haney: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Hart: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Patel: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Lee: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Papan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Solache: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Alanis: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Gallagher: no
- Wallis: no
- Hoover: no
- Johnson: no
- Lackey: no
- Davies: no
- Castillo: no
- Chen: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Macedo: no
- Tangipa: no
- DeMaio: no
- Hadwick: no
- Patterson: no
- Bryan: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Bains: other
- Alvarez: other
- Soria: other
- Ellis: other
- Dixon: other
- Flora: other
- Addis: other
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