CA SB 1425
enactedHigh-Speed Rail Authority: property: operating right-of-way.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 1425 pass?
Yes. CA SB 1425 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 713, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 1425 about?
The California High-Speed Rail Act creates the High-Speed Rail Authority to develop and implement a high-speed rail system in the state, with specified powers and duties, including the power to acquire rights-of-way through purchase or eminent domain, as specified. This bill would establish a permit program, administered by the authority, for encroachments on the authority's operating right-of-way. The bill would make any person who installs or performs an encroachment within the authority's operating right-of-way, without a permit, guilty of a misdemeanor, except as provided. The bill would also make any person who willfully damages any feature of the high-speed train system or any portion of the authority's operating right-of-way guilty of a misdemeanor. The bill would provide for civil penalties for specified categories of encroachment and, unless authorized by law or an encroachment permit, would make it unlawful to manage water flows in certain ways that impact the high-speed train system or the authority's operating right-of-way, as specified. The bill would authorize the authority or the Attorney General to recover these civil penalties. The bill would require all moneys, including moneys from permit fees and civil penalties, collected pursuant to its provisions to be deposited into the High-Speed Rail Property Fund, except for the award of any reasonable attorney's fees and costs provided to the recovering agency to recoup the cost of litigation, as provided. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, make the penalty moneys available to the authority for use in the development, improvement, and maintenance of the high-speed rail system, and the fee revenues collected under the permit program available to the authority to administer the program. By creating new crimes, this 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA SB 1425?
Cortese is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1425.
Description
The California High-Speed Rail Act creates the High-Speed Rail Authority to develop and implement a high-speed rail system in the state, with specified powers and duties, including the power to acquire rights-of-way through purchase or eminent domain, as specified. This bill would establish a permit program, administered by the authority, for encroachments on the authority's operating right-of-way. The bill would make any person who installs or performs an encroachment within the authority's operating right-of-way, without a permit, guilty of a misdemeanor, except as provided. The bill would also make any person who willfully damages any feature of the high-speed train system or any portion of the authority's operating right-of-way guilty of a misdemeanor. The bill would provide for civil penalties for specified categories of encroachment and, unless authorized by law or an encroachment permit, would make it unlawful to manage water flows in certain ways that impact the high-speed train system or the authority's operating right-of-way, as specified. The bill would authorize the authority or the Attorney General to recover these civil penalties. The bill would require all moneys, including moneys from permit fees and civil penalties, collected pursuant to its provisions to be deposited into the High-Speed Rail Property Fund, except for the award of any reasonable attorney's fees and costs provided to the recovering agency to recoup the cost of litigation, as provided. The bill would, upon appropriation by the Legislature, make the penalty moneys available to the authority for use in the development, improvement, and maintenance of the high-speed rail system, and the fee revenues collected under the permit program available to the authority to administer the program. By creating new crimes, this 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-20
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 713, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Corteseauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 713, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-08-31
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
2026-08-26
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2026-08-26
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 5919.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-25
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 16. Page 6500.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-21
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-21
Read third time and amended.
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2026-08-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 13).
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2026-08-13
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-05
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-07-02
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (July 1).
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2026-07-02
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-24
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
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2026-06-23
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 23).
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2026-06-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-18
Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2026-06-15
Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2026-06-04
Referred to Coms. on TRANS., JUD., and U. & E.
referral-committee
2026-05-20
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 4360.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 4276.) (May 14).
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2026-05-14
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-05-12
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-11
May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-05-05
Set for hearing May 11.
2026-05-04
May 4 hearing postponed by committee.
2026-04-24
Set for hearing May 4.
2026-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 3981.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-16
Set for hearing April 21.
2026-04-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 2. Page 3874.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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2026-04-09
Set for hearing April 14.
2026-04-08
Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-03-25
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-03-04
Referred to Com. on RLS.
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2026-02-23
Read first time.
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2026-02-23
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2026-02-20
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
- 03/25/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-25Compare
- 05/14/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-05-14Compare
- 06/24/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-24Compare
- 07/02/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-07-02Compare
- 08/13/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-13Compare
- 08/21/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-21Compare
- 08/28/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-28Compare
- 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-04-14 · pass · 10-2
Member-level votes (13)
- Arreguín: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Strickland: no
- Valladares: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 11-1
Member-level votes (13)
- Reyes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Allen: yes
- Stern: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Niello: no
- Valladares: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-05-11 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
Do pass as amended
2026-05-14 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: no
3rd Reading
2026-05-19 · pass · 28-8
Member-level votes (40)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Laird: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Strickland: no
- Grove: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Jones: no
- Choi: no
- Valladares: no
- Seyarto: no
- Hurtado: other
- Menjivar: other
- Dahle: other
- Niello: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-06-22 · pass · 11-3
Member-level votes (16)
- Carrillo: yes
- Papan: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Hoover: no
- Davies: no
- Macedo: no
- Ward: other
- Lackey: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy]
2026-06-23 · pass · 9-3
Member-level votes (12)
- Stefani: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Papan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Dixon: no
- Macedo: no
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-07-01 · pass · 11-3
Member-level votes (18)
- Patterson: no
- Davies: no
- Ta: no
- Boerner: other
- Wallis: other
- Chen: other
- Harabedian: other
- Schiavo: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Hart: yes
- Papan: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Zbur: yes
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