California Senate Bill 661
Session 20252026
Airports: financial assistance.
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Vetoed by Governor on Sep 30, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
661
State
California
Session
20252026
Motion Text
Special Consent
Senate Roll Call Votes
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Summary
The State Aeronautics Act establishes the Aeronautics Account in the State Transportation Fund, and continuously appropriates the moneys in the account for expenditure for airport purposes by the Division of Aeronautics within the Department of Transportation and the California Transportation Commission.
Existing sales and use tax laws impose taxes on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state, including taxes imposed on the sale, storage, use, or other consumption of jet fuels. Existing law requires revenues from these taxes to be transmitted to the Treasurer and deposited into the Retail Sales Tax Fund. Existing federal law requires that any revenue from sales and use taxes imposed on aviation fuel be used for the operation costs of airports, the local airport system, or other local facilities that are directly and substantially related to the air transportation of passengers or property, except as provided.
This bill would require the Controller, on or before September 1 of each year, to transfer an amount calculated to represent the sales and use tax revenues derived with respect to the sale, storage, use, or other consumption of jet fuel, as provided, from the Retail Sales Tax Fund to the account for allocation to airports and aviation-related purposes, as provided. The bill would require all public and private use airports where jet fuel is sold or consumed to report fuel flowage statistics to the Division of Aeronautics, as provided, and would require the division to determine the revenue allocation for each airport that reports fuel flowage statistics. By adding new reporting requirements for county-owned and city-owned airports, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
From the above-described sales and use tax revenues deposited into the account, this bill would require the division, after deducting its administrative costs, as provided, to allocate 75% of those revenues to public and private use airports based on their reported fuel flowage statistics, as provided, 15% of those revenues for general aviation airports, as provided, 1% to award grants for aviation education, as provided, and 9% for existing grant programs that serve nonhub and small hub airports. From the above-described 75% of revenues deposited into the account, the bill would apportion, until January 1, 2032, $500,000 annually to award grants to rural, nonhub commercial airports and general aviation airports, as provided.
By increasing the sources of funding for and expanding the purposes for which money may be used from a continuously appropriated fund, the Aeronautics Account, this bill would make an appropriation.
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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
02/20/25 - Introduced
February 20, 2025
04/07/25 - Amended Senate
April 7, 2025
05/29/25 - Amended Senate
May 29, 2025
06/22/26 - Amended Assembly
June 22, 2026
07/01/26 - Amended Assembly
July 1, 2026
08/13/26 - Amended Assembly
August 13, 2026
08/31/26 - Enrolled
August 31, 2026
04/18/25- Senate Transportation
April 18, 2025
04/22/25- Senate Revenue and Taxation
April 22, 2025
05/02/25- Senate Appropriations
May 2, 2025
05/26/25- Sen. Floor Analyses
May 26, 2025
06/02/25- Sen. Floor Analyses
June 2, 2025
07/03/25- Assembly Transportation
July 3, 2025
06/26/26- Assembly Revenue and Taxation
June 26, 2026
08/03/26- Assembly Appropriations
August 3, 2026
08/17/26- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
August 17, 2026
08/24/26- Senate Transportation
August 24, 2026
08/25/26- Sen. Floor Analyses
August 25, 2026
10/02/26- Sen. Floor Analyses
October 2, 2026
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09/30/2026
Senate
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
09/30/2026
Senate
Vetoed by the Governor.
09/04/2026
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
08/28/2026
Senate
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
08/27/2026
Senate
Ordered to special consent calendar.
08/25/2026
Senate
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.)
08/24/2026
Senate
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.
08/24/2026
Senate
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
08/20/2026
Senate
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
08/20/2026
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6304.) Ordered to the Senate.
08/17/2026
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/13/2026
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
08/13/2026
Assembly
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 13).
08/13/2026
Assembly
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
08/05/2026
Assembly
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
07/01/2026
Assembly
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/30/2026
Assembly
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 29).
06/30/2026
Assembly
June 29 set for second hearing. Placed on suspense file.
06/22/2026
Assembly
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
07/15/2025
Assembly
July 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
07/08/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
06/16/2025
Assembly
Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and REV. & TAX.
06/05/2025
Assembly
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
06/04/2025
Senate
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1521.) Ordered to the Assembly.
06/02/2025
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/29/2025
Senate
Ordered to second reading.
05/29/2025
Senate
Read third time and amended.
05/23/2025
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/23/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1208.) (May 23).
05/16/2025
Senate
Set for hearing May 23.
05/05/2025
Senate
May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
04/25/2025
Senate
Set for hearing May 5.
04/23/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 872.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/23/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 14. Noes 0. Page 843.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
04/11/2025
Senate
Set for hearing April 23 in REV. & TAX. pending receipt.
04/10/2025
Senate
Set for hearing April 22.
04/09/2025
Senate
Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and REV. & TAX.
04/08/2025
Senate
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
04/08/2025
Senate
Withdrawn from committee.
04/07/2025
Senate
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
03/05/2025
Senate
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
02/21/2025
Senate
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
02/20/2025
Senate
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Record Created
Feb 21, 2025 5:54:21 AM
Record Updated
Oct 3, 2026 9:09:46 AM