Bill Commons

CA AB 1919

enacted

Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District: transactions and use tax: qualified voter initiative.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1919 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1919 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 107, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1919 about?

Existing law provides for the establishment of the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, with specified powers and duties related to the operation of public transit services serving the County of Santa Cruz. Existing law, among other things, authorizes the board of directors of the district to impose transactions and use taxes in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law by an ordinance approved by the electors voting on the measure at a special election called by the board of directors for that purpose. This bill would also authorize those special taxes to be imposed by a qualified voter initiative. The bill would require the special election for a tax measure proposed by the board of directors or a qualified voter initiative to be consolidated with a statewide general election by the board of supervisors of the County of Santa Cruz and would require the tax measure to be submitted to the voters in accordance with specified elections provisions. The bill would also require the county elections official for the County of Santa Cruz to serve as the elections official of the district for purposes of administering the ballot measure process and any election for purposes of specified provisions of law. To the extent that the bill would impose additional duties on a county elections official, 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 an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA AB 1919?

Pellerin is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1919, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law provides for the establishment of the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District, with specified powers and duties related to the operation of public transit services serving the County of Santa Cruz. Existing law, among other things, authorizes the board of directors of the district to impose transactions and use taxes in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law by an ordinance approved by the electors voting on the measure at a special election called by the board of directors for that purpose. This bill would also authorize those special taxes to be imposed by a qualified voter initiative. The bill would require the special election for a tax measure proposed by the board of directors or a qualified voter initiative to be consolidated with a statewide general election by the board of supervisors of the County of Santa Cruz and would require the tax measure to be submitted to the voters in accordance with specified elections provisions. The bill would also require the county elections official for the County of Santa Cruz to serve as the elections official of the district for purposes of administering the ballot measure process and any election for purposes of specified provisions of law. To the extent that the bill would impose additional duties on a county elections official, 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 an urgency statute.

Introduced
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Latest action
2026-08-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 107, Statutes of 2026.
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Pellerinauthor
  • Addisauthor
  • Lairdcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 107, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-08-06

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-08-04

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  4. 2026-08-03

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 8.).

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  5. 2026-08-03

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  6. 2026-08-03

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 8. Page 5252.).

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  7. 2026-06-30

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2026-06-29

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  9. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2026-06-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  11. 2026-06-10

    Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and TRANS.

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  12. 2026-05-28

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

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  13. 2026-05-27

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 20.).

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  14. 2026-05-27

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 5463.).

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  15. 2026-04-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  16. 2026-04-22

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (April 22).

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  17. 2026-04-20

    Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 16. Page 4716.)

  18. 2026-04-16

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  19. 2026-03-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  20. 2026-03-16

    Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and L. GOV.

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  21. 2026-02-13

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  22. 2026-02-12

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government]

    2026-03-25 · pass · 6-2

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Gallagher: no
    • Johnson: no

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

    2026-04-15 · pass · 8-2

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Ta: no

  • Do pass.

    2026-04-22 · pass · 9-4

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Fong: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: no
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Calderon: other

  • AB 1919 Pellerin Third Reading Urgency

    2026-05-28 · pass · 54-20

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Bennett: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Macedo: no
    • Davies: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Ta: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Flora: no
    • Chen: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Lackey: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Bains: other
    • Boerner: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Patel: other
    • Schiavo: other
    • Lee: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation]

    2026-06-16 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Allen: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Choi: no

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-06-23 · pass · 8-4

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Grayson: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1919

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