CA AB 1223
enactedLocal Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1223 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1223 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 724, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 1223 about?
The Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act authorizes a county board of supervisors to create or otherwise designate a local transportation authority in the county that may impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to voter approval and other specified requirements. Pursuant to that authority, the county board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento created the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) . This bill would provide that the allowable expenditure categories for revenues from a tax imposed by STA include the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure, as defined, that supports infill or transit-oriented development in areas nominated by local governments, and included in regionally adopted plans that advance state greenhouse gas emissions reduction objectives, as specified. The bill would also authorize STA to impose a transactions and use tax under the act in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, subject to the approval of voters within that area and other specified requirements. Existing law authorizes regional transportation agencies and the Department of Transportation to apply to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities. Under existing law, revenue generated from the operation of a toll facility under these provisions is available to the sponsoring agency for the expenses related to the toll facility and for other uses within the corridor from which the revenue is generated pursuant to an expenditure plan developed by the sponsoring agency. Existing law authorizes a regional transportation agency to issue bonds to finance construction-related expenditures for a toll facility, and construction-related expenditures that are included in the expenditure plan, payable from the revenues generated from the toll facility. Existing law defines regional transportation agency for these purposes to mean, among other things, a joint exercise of powers authority subject to the consent of a transportation planning agency for the jurisdiction in which the transportation project will be developed. For purposes of these provisions, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, the Yolo Transportation District, and the department formed a joint powers authority, known as the Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority (CARTA) , to apply to the commission to develop and operate toll facilities in the Sacramento region. This bill would authorize STA to issue bonds to finance costs of high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities within the County of Sacramento approved by the commission pursuant to the above-described provisions. The bill would authorize those bonds to be payable from toll revenue or any other funds lawfully available to STA for those purposes, including sales tax revenue. Before STA issues bonds payable from toll revenue for a toll facility operated by CARTA, the bill would require STA to enter into an agreement with CARTA regarding the application of toll revenue to pay for bonds issued by STA and would require the governing board of CARTA to review and approve a toll facility expenditure plan.
Who sponsors CA AB 1223?
Nguyen is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1223, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
The Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act authorizes a county board of supervisors to create or otherwise designate a local transportation authority in the county that may impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to voter approval and other specified requirements. Pursuant to that authority, the county board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento created the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) . This bill would provide that the allowable expenditure categories for revenues from a tax imposed by STA include the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure, as defined, that supports infill or transit-oriented development in areas nominated by local governments, and included in regionally adopted plans that advance state greenhouse gas emissions reduction objectives, as specified. The bill would also authorize STA to impose a transactions and use tax under the act in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, subject to the approval of voters within that area and other specified requirements. Existing law authorizes regional transportation agencies and the Department of Transportation to apply to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities. Under existing law, revenue generated from the operation of a toll facility under these provisions is available to the sponsoring agency for the expenses related to the toll facility and for other uses within the corridor from which the revenue is generated pursuant to an expenditure plan developed by the sponsoring agency. Existing law authorizes a regional transportation agency to issue bonds to finance construction-related expenditures for a toll facility, and construction-related expenditures that are included in the expenditure plan, payable from the revenues generated from the toll facility. Existing law defines regional transportation agency for these purposes to mean, among other things, a joint exercise of powers authority subject to the consent of a transportation planning agency for the jurisdiction in which the transportation project will be developed. For purposes of these provisions, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, the Yolo Transportation District, and the department formed a joint powers authority, known as the Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority (CARTA) , to apply to the commission to develop and operate toll facilities in the Sacramento region. This bill would authorize STA to issue bonds to finance costs of high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities within the County of Sacramento approved by the commission pursuant to the above-described provisions. The bill would authorize those bonds to be payable from toll revenue or any other funds lawfully available to STA for those purposes, including sales tax revenue. Before STA issues bonds payable from toll revenue for a toll facility operated by CARTA, the bill would require STA to enter into an agreement with CARTA regarding the application of toll revenue to pay for bonds issued by STA and would require the governing board of CARTA to review and approve a toll facility expenditure plan.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 724, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Nguyenauthor
- Krellauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-10-13
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 724, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-10-13
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-09-15
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-04
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-04
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 17. Page 2935.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 2445.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-07-15
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-07-14
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 9).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-06-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-05-28
Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and REV. & TAX.
referral-committee
2025-05-20
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 15. Page 1597.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-12
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-08
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2025-05-08
Ordered to second reading.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-01
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-04-30
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 28).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-04-28
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
referral-committee
2025-04-24
Read second time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 23).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2025-04-01
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-11
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2025-03-10
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS.
referral-committee
2025-03-10
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-24
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-02-22
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21
Introduced. To print.
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Versions
- 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
- 03/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-10Compare
- 04/01/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-01Compare
- 04/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-24Compare
- 04/30/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-30Compare
- 07/15/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-15Compare
- 09/08/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-08Compare
- 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation]
2025-04-23 · pass · 7-1
Member-level votes (10)
- Ransom: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: no
- Wilson: other
- Hoover: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-28 · pass · 12-4
Member-level votes (16)
- Ward: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Hart: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hoover: no
- Lackey: no
- Macedo: no
- Davies: no
AB 1223 Nguyen Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-19 · pass · 52-15
Member-level votes (79)
- Solache: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Fong: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Krell: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ward: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Berman: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Patel: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Chen: no
- DeMaio: no
- Lackey: no
- Sanchez: no
- Wallis: no
- Patterson: no
- Castillo: no
- Ta: no
- Hadwick: no
- Bains: no
- Gallagher: no
- Macedo: no
- Davies: no
- Hoover: no
- Tangipa: no
- Ellis: other
- Papan: other
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Dixon: other
- Ortega: other
- Alanis: other
- Flora: other
- Irwin: other
- Bryan: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Soria: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation]
2025-06-24 · pass · 11-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Strickland: no
- Dahle: no
- Valladares: other
Do pass as amended
2025-07-09 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Ashby: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Valladares: no
3rd Reading AB1223 Nguyen et al. By Cortese
2025-09-03 · pass · 28-11
Member-level votes (40)
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Strickland: no
- Jones: no
- Valladares: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Dahle: no
- Niello: no
- Cabaldon: no
- Grove: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Seyarto: no
- Choi: no
- Ashby: other
AB 1223 Nguyen Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-04 · pass · 54-17
Member-level votes (79)
- Mark González: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Krell: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Berman: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ward: yes
- Hart: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Lee: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Haney: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Fong: yes
- Patel: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Connolly: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Addis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Patterson: no
- Chen: no
- Dixon: no
- Gallagher: no
- Bains: no
- Hadwick: no
- Ta: no
- Ellis: no
- Tangipa: no
- Hoover: no
- Wallis: no
- Castillo: no
- DeMaio: no
- Macedo: no
- Davies: no
- Sanchez: no
- Lackey: no
- Irwin: other
- Alanis: other
- Pellerin: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Soria: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Flora: other
- Ahrens: other
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