California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB 377
High-Speed Rail Authority: business plan: Merced to Bakersfield segment.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Tangipa (Republican)
Summary
Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary
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. The act requires the authority to prepare, publish, adopt, and submit to the Legislature a business plan containing specified elements on a biennial basis and to also provide on a biennial basis a project update report, approved by the Secretary of Transportation as consistent with specified criteria, to the budget committees and the appropriate policy committees of both houses of the Legislature, on the development and implementation of intercity high-speed train service, as provided. The act requires the authority to develop schedules for the delivery of specified tasks relating to the Merced to Bakersfield segment of the high-speed rail project for inclusion in the project update report and the business plan and also requires the authority to include certain other information in the project update report and the business plan relating to the Merced to Bakersfield segment, as provided.
This bill would require the authority, as part of the business plan that is due on or before May 1, 2026, to provide a detailed funding plan for the Merced to Bakersfield segment that includes certain information, including an updated estimate of the funding gap for completing the segment and a strategy for addressing the funding gap.
Text versions
- 07/30/25 - Chaptered· Jul 30, 2025
- 07/16/25 - Enrolled· Jul 16, 2025
- 06/02/25 - Amended Senate· Jun 2, 2025
- 02/03/25 - Introduced· Feb 3, 2025
- AB377
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:38 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2025 House | AB 377 Tangipa Concurrence in Senate Amendments | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jul 3, 2025 Senate | Consent Calendar 2nd | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Jun 10, 2025 Senate | Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| May 8, 2025 House | AB 377 Tangipa Consent Calendar Second Day | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Apr 30, 2025 House | Do pass. To Consent Calendar. | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Mar 24, 2025 House | Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar | pass | Set your home in California to see |
Actions
- Jul 30, 2025 · Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 81, Statutes of 2025. - Jul 30, 2025 · Legislature
Approved by the Governor. - Jul 18, 2025 · Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m. - Jul 14, 2025 · House
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2532.). - Jul 3, 2025 · House
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. - Jul 3, 2025 · Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1933.). - Jul 1, 2025 · Senate
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. - Jun 30, 2025 · Senate
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. - Jun 10, 2025 · Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. - Jun 2, 2025 · Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on TRANS. - May 21, 2025 · Senate
Referred to Com. on TRANS. - May 8, 2025 · Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. - May 8, 2025 · House
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1485.) - May 1, 2025 · House
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. - Apr 30, 2025 · House
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30). - Mar 25, 2025 · House
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. - Feb 18, 2025 · House
Referred to Com. on TRANS. - Feb 4, 2025 · House
From printer. May be heard in committee March 6. - Feb 3, 2025 · House
Read first time. To print.