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SB 830 CA
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Public Transit Revenue Measure District: revenue measure: election procedures.

CA · session 20252026 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Feb 21, 2025

Latest action (Jul 16, 2026) Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 101, Statutes of 2026.

Summary

This bill would modify the election procedures for a proposed regional transit sales tax measure in the San Francisco Bay Area's Public Transit Revenue Measure District. The bill would standardize the ballot designation for the measure across all counties as "Regional Transit Measure" rather than requiring counties to mutually agree on a single letter designation. The bill would allow each county's elections official to independently select which voter arguments for and against the measure appear in that county's voter information guide, rather than requiring uniform arguments across all counties. These procedural changes would streamline the ballot and voter information presentation for the regional transit funding measure scheduled for voter consideration. The bill takes effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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Official abstract

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 establishes the Public Transit Revenue Measure District, governed by the same board that governs the commission, with jurisdiction extending throughout the boundaries of the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, and Santa Clara, and the City and County of San Francisco. Existing law authorizes a retail transactions and use tax applicable to the entire district to be imposed by the board of the district or by a qualified voter initiative for a duration of 14 years, and in specified amounts, subject to voter approval at the November 3, 2026, statewide general election. Existing law establishes specified procedures for that election, including a requirement that the elections officials of the counties where the measure will appear on the ballot mutually agree to use the same letter designation for the measure. This bill would revise those election procedures by, among other things, instead requiring the measure to be identified on the ballot by the designation "Regional Transit Measure" in each county included in the district and by requiring each county elections official in the district to select, from among the submissions of proposed arguments in favor of, and against, the measure, the arguments to be included in the county voter information guide of that county, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Sponsor (1)

13 coauthors / cosponsors
  • Wiener Democratic · author
  • Becker Democratic · coauthor
  • Wicks Democratic · principal coauthor
  • Ahrens Democratic · coauthor
  • Ávila Farías · coauthor
  • Bennett Democratic · coauthor
  • Berman Democratic · coauthor
  • Bonta Democratic · coauthor
  • Haney Democratic · coauthor
  • Ortega Democratic · coauthor
  • Pellerin Democratic · coauthor
  • Stefani Democratic · coauthor
  • Wilson Democratic · coauthor

Action history (54)

  1. Feb 21, 2025 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. · upper
  2. Feb 24, 2025 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24. · upper
  3. Feb 24, 2025 Read first time. · upper
  4. Mar 12, 2025 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. · upper
  5. Mar 24, 2025 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. · upper
  6. Mar 27, 2025 Set for hearing April 8. · upper
  7. Apr 8, 2025 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 709.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. · upper
  8. Apr 9, 2025 Withdrawn from committee. · upper
  9. Apr 9, 2025 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. · upper
  10. Apr 10, 2025 Set for hearing April 21. · upper
  11. Apr 21, 2025 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. · upper
  12. Apr 22, 2025 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. · upper
  13. Apr 24, 2025 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 888.) Ordered to the Assembly. · upper
  14. Apr 24, 2025 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. · lower
  15. May 12, 2025 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. · lower
  16. Jun 11, 2025 June 17 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. · lower
  17. Jun 23, 2025 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. · lower
  18. Jun 27, 2025 Re-referred to Coms. on NAT. RES. and JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. · lower
  19. Jul 10, 2025 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. · lower
  20. Jul 10, 2025 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on NAT. RES. · lower
  21. Jul 15, 2025 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. · lower
  22. Jul 16, 2025 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. · lower
  23. Aug 20, 2025 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. · lower
  24. Aug 29, 2025 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). · lower
  25. Sep 2, 2025 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. · lower
  26. Sep 3, 2025 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. · lower
  27. Sep 8, 2025 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3012.) Ordered to the Senate. · lower
  28. Sep 8, 2025 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. · upper
  29. Sep 9, 2025 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). · upper
  30. Sep 9, 2025 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E.Q. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2641.) Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. · upper
  31. Sep 10, 2025 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2844.) · upper
  32. Sep 12, 2025 Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Arreguín. · upper
  33. May 11, 2026 From inactive file on motion of Senator Arreguín. · upper
  34. May 11, 2026 Ordered to the Assembly. · upper
  35. May 11, 2026 In Assembly. Held at Desk. · lower
  36. Jun 1, 2026 Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate. · lower
  37. Jun 1, 2026 Ordered to third reading. · lower
  38. Jun 4, 2026 Read third time and amended. · lower
  39. Jun 4, 2026 Ordered to third reading. · lower
  40. Jun 11, 2026 Re-referred to Com. on ELECTIONS pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. · lower
  41. Jun 17, 2026 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). · lower
  42. Jun 18, 2026 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. · lower
  43. Jun 22, 2026 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. · lower
  44. Jun 29, 2026 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. · lower
  45. Jun 29, 2026 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. · upper
  46. Jun 29, 2026 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). · upper
  47. Jun 29, 2026 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. · upper
  48. Jun 29, 2026 Set for hearing June 30. · upper
  49. Jun 30, 2026 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) · upper
  50. Jul 2, 2026 Urgency clause adopted. · upper
  51. Jul 2, 2026 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 5.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. · upper
  52. Jul 15, 2026 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m. · legislature
  53. Jul 16, 2026 Approved by the Governor. · legislature
  54. Jul 16, 2026 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 101, Statutes of 2026. · legislature
Subjects
PublicTransitRevenueMeasureDistrictelectionproceduresrevenuemeasure

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