California Assembly Bill 1223
Session 20252026
Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act: Sacramento Transportation Authority.
Became Law
Became Law on Oct 13, 2025
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1223
State
California
Session
20252026
Motion Text
AB 1223 Nguyen Concurrence in Senate Amendments
Assembly Roll Call Votes
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Ávila Farías
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Summary
The Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act authorizes a county board of supervisors to create or otherwise designate a local transportation authority in the county that may impose a transactions and use tax for transportation purposes subject to voter approval and other specified requirements. Pursuant to that authority, the county board of supervisors of the County of Sacramento created the Sacramento Transportation Authority (STA) .
This bill would provide that the allowable expenditure categories for revenues from a tax imposed by STA include the construction, modernization, and improvement of infrastructure, as defined, that supports infill or transit-oriented development in areas nominated by local governments, and included in regionally adopted plans that advance state greenhouse gas emissions reduction objectives, as specified. The bill would also authorize STA to impose a transactions and use tax under the act in a geographic area that comprises less than the total area of the County of Sacramento, subject to the approval of voters within that area and other specified requirements.
Existing law authorizes regional transportation agencies and the Department of Transportation to apply to the California Transportation Commission to develop and operate high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities. Under existing law, revenue generated from the operation of a toll facility under these provisions is available to the sponsoring agency for the expenses related to the toll facility and for other uses within the corridor from which the revenue is generated pursuant to an expenditure plan developed by the sponsoring agency. Existing law authorizes a regional transportation agency to issue bonds to finance construction-related expenditures for a toll facility, and construction-related expenditures that are included in the expenditure plan, payable from the revenues generated from the toll facility. Existing law defines regional transportation agency for these purposes to mean, among other things, a joint exercise of powers authority subject to the consent of a transportation planning agency for the jurisdiction in which the transportation project will be developed. For purposes of these provisions, the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, the Yolo Transportation District, and the department formed a joint powers authority, known as the Capital Area Regional Tolling Authority (CARTA) , to apply to the commission to develop and operate toll facilities in the Sacramento region.
This bill would authorize STA to issue bonds to finance costs of high-occupancy toll lanes or other toll facilities within the County of Sacramento approved by the commission pursuant to the above-described provisions. The bill would authorize those bonds to be payable from toll revenue or any other funds lawfully available to STA for those purposes, including sales tax revenue. Before STA issues bonds payable from toll revenue for a toll facility operated by CARTA, the bill would require STA to enter into an agreement with CARTA regarding the application of toll revenue to pay for bonds issued by STA and would require the governing board of CARTA to review and approve a toll facility expenditure plan.
02/21/25 - Introduced
February 21, 2025
03/10/25 - Amended Assembly
March 10, 2025
04/01/25 - Amended Assembly
April 1, 2025
04/24/25 - Amended Assembly
April 24, 2025
04/30/25 - Amended Assembly
April 30, 2025
07/15/25 - Amended Senate
July 15, 2025
09/08/25 - Enrolled
September 8, 2025
10/13/25 - Chaptered
October 13, 2025
04/21/25- Assembly Local Government
April 21, 2025
04/25/25- Assembly Transportation
April 25, 2025
05/09/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
May 9, 2025
06/20/25- Senate Transportation
June 20, 2025
07/03/25- Senate Revenue and Taxation
July 3, 2025
07/15/25- Sen. Floor Analyses
July 15, 2025
09/04/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
September 4, 2025
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10/13/2025
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 724, Statutes of 2025.
10/13/2025
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/15/2025
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
09/04/2025
Assembly
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 17. Page 2935.).
09/04/2025
Assembly
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
09/03/2025
Senate
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11.).
07/15/2025
Senate
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
07/14/2025
Senate
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 9).
06/25/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
05/28/2025
Senate
Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and REV. & TAX.
05/20/2025
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/19/2025
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 15. Page 1597.)
05/12/2025
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/08/2025
Assembly
Ordered to second reading.
05/08/2025
Assembly
Withdrawn from committee.
05/01/2025
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/30/2025
Assembly
Read second time and amended.
04/29/2025
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (April 28).
04/28/2025
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
04/24/2025
Assembly
Read second time and amended.
04/23/2025
Assembly
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 23).
04/02/2025
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
04/01/2025
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
03/11/2025
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
03/10/2025
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
03/10/2025
Assembly
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS.
02/24/2025
Assembly
Read first time.
02/22/2025
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
02/21/2025
Assembly
Introduced. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 22, 2025 6:01:07 AM
Record Updated
Oct 15, 2025 8:42:55 AM