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CA SB 545

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High-speed rail: economic opportunities.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 545 pass?

Not yet. CA SB 545 is in committee as of 2025-08-29 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

What is CA SB 545 about?

Existing law establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth. Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority, with specified powers and duties related to the development and implementation of a high-speed train system. This bill would require the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, on or before January 1, 2027, to commission a study on economic opportunities along the corridor of the California high-speed rail project, as defined, and other high-speed rail projects in California that are planned to directly connect to the California high-speed rail project, as provided, and to submit a progress report to the chairpersons of the Senate Committee on Transportation and the Assembly Committee on Transportation for input. The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2028, the study to be completed and a report on the study's findings and recommendations to be submitted to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature. The bill would require an infrastructure district, as defined, that uses its revenue to finance the construction of the high-speed rail project to dedicate a majority of its revenue to infrastructure projects within the jurisdiction of the local agencies that establish the district.

Who sponsors CA SB 545?

Cortese is the primary sponsor of CA SB 545, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law establishes the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development as the lead entity for economic strategy and the marketing of California on issues relating to business development, private sector investment, and economic growth. Existing law creates the High-Speed Rail Authority, with specified powers and duties related to the development and implementation of a high-speed train system. This bill would require the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, on or before January 1, 2027, to commission a study on economic opportunities along the corridor of the California high-speed rail project, as defined, and other high-speed rail projects in California that are planned to directly connect to the California high-speed rail project, as provided, and to submit a progress report to the chairpersons of the Senate Committee on Transportation and the Assembly Committee on Transportation for input. The bill would require, on or before January 1, 2028, the study to be completed and a report on the study's findings and recommendations to be submitted to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature. The bill would require an infrastructure district, as defined, that uses its revenue to finance the construction of the high-speed rail project to dedicate a majority of its revenue to infrastructure projects within the jurisdiction of the local agencies that establish the district.

Introduced
2025-02-20
Latest action
2025-08-29 — August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Corteseauthor
  • Graysoncoauthor
  • Wienercoauthor
  • Carrillocoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  3. 2025-03-05

    Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and L. GOV.

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  4. 2025-03-25

    Set for hearing April 8.

  5. 2025-04-01

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  6. 2025-04-09

    Set for hearing April 30.

  7. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 710.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  8. 2025-04-23

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  9. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 968.) (April 30).

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  10. 2025-05-01

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

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  11. 2025-05-09

    Set for hearing May 19.

  12. 2025-05-19

    May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  13. 2025-05-20

    Set for hearing May 23.

  14. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1203.) (May 23).

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  15. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  16. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 1375.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  18. 2025-06-03

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  19. 2025-06-09

    Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and L. GOV.

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  20. 2025-06-27

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

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  21. 2025-07-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  22. 2025-07-08

    Coauthors revised.

  23. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2025-08-20

    August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  25. 2025-08-29

    August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 04/01/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-01Compare
  • 04/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-23Compare
  • 05/01/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-01Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 06/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-27Compare
  • SB545Compare
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Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-08 · pass · 11-1

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Strickland: no
    • Seyarto: other
    • Dahle: other
    • Valladares: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-30 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Choi: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-05-19 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: other
    • Dahle: other

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Dahle: other

  • 3rd Reading SB545 Cortese et al.

    2025-06-02 · pass · 27-9

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Niello: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Grove: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Jones: no
    • Stern: other
    • Hurtado: other
    • Valladares: other
    • Reyes: other

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

    2025-07-07 · pass · 10-3

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Davies: no
    • Lackey: other
    • Lowenthal: other
    • Ahrens: other

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

    2025-07-16 · pass · 8-1

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

Related bills

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB545

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