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California 20252026

SB 741

Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill, appropriation
Subjects
LowCarbonTransitOperationsProgram
Introduced / first action
2025-02-21 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Coastal resources: coastal development permit: local emergency declaration.
  • Coastal resources: coastal development permit: exemption: Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law creates the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program to provide operating and capital assistance for transit agencies to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and improve mobility. Existing law requires the Department of Transportation to administer the program and to adopt guidelines, in coordination with the State Air Resources Board, that describe the methodologies to be used by a recipient transit agency to demonstrate that proposed expenditures will meet specified program expenditure requirements and establish the reporting requirements for documenting ongoing compliance with those expenditure requirements. This bill would repeal the requirement for the department to adopt guidelines. Existing law continuously appropriates a specified amount of money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for the program and requires the Controller to allocate those moneys according to the requirements of the program. Existing law requires a recipient transit agency to demonstrate that expenditures of program moneys allocated to the agency reduce the emission of greenhouse gases and do not supplant other sources of funds. Existing law requires moneys for the program to be expended to provide transit operating or capital assistance that directly enhances or expands transit services, increases transit mode share, or is related to the purchase of zero-emission buses, as specified. Before seeking a disbursement of funds pursuant to the program, existing law requires a recipient transit agency to submit to the department a list of proposed expense types and documentation required by the guidelines that demonstrates compliance with the above-described expenditure requirements. For capital projects funded by the program, existing law requires a transit agency to specify the phases of work for which an allocation of program moneys is sought, identify sources and timing of all moneys required for those phases of work, and describe intended sources and timing of funding for subsequent phases of work, as provided. Existing law requires a recipient transit agency to provide an annual report to the department, as provided. Existing law requires the department and a recipient transit agency to comply with guidelines developed by the State Air Resources Board to ensure that the requirements of a certain investment plan are met to maximize the benefits to disadvantaged communities, as provided. This bill would revise and recast the program to, among other things, require program funds to be expended only on maintenance or expansion of bus, rail, or ferry services, transit fare subsidies, and network and fare integration technology improvements. By altering the permissible uses for which continuously appropriated funds may be used, the bill would make an appropriation. Before receiving program funds, the bill would require a recipient transit agency to submit to the department a list of services or programs to be funded by those funds, as specified. The bill would require the department to report to the Controller the recipient transit agencies that have submitted the list, and would, upon receipt of the report from the department, require the Controller to allocate program funds. The bill would require a recipient transit agency to report to the department on the expenditure of program funds, as specified.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable

  3. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  4. From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.)

    committee-passage

  5. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.

    committee-passage, referral-committee

  6. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).

    referral-committee

  7. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  8. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6525.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage, reading-1, reading-3

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1, reading-2, reading-3

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable

  11. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  12. August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

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

    amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee

  14. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 29).

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee

  15. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

    referral-committee

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

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee

  17. July 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  18. Referred to Com. on NAT. RES.

    referral-committee

  19. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    reading-1

  20. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1240.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    passage, reading-1, reading-3

  21. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1, reading-2, reading-3

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

    committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2

  23. Set for hearing May 5.

  24. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 839.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee

  25. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee

  26. Set for hearing April 22.

  27. Referred to Com. on N.R. & W.

    referral-committee

  28. Read first time.

    reading-1

  29. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  30. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction, referral-committee

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