California Senate Bill 1425

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Enrolled on August 26 2026 - 75% progression
Action: 2026-08-31 - Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

An act to amend Section 185045 of, and to add Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 185520) to Division 19.5 of, the Public Utilities Code, relating to high-speed rail.

High-Speed Rail Authority: property: operating right-of-way.

Sen. Dave Cortese [D]

2026-08-26 - Senate - Unfinished Business SB1425 Cortese Concurrence (Y: 29 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-08-25 - Assembly - SB 1425 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Kalra (Y: 53 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]
2026-08-13 - Assembly - Do pass as amended (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-07-01 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-06-23 - Assembly - Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Utilities and Energy] (Y: 9 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-22 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2026-05-19 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB1425 Cortese (Y: 28 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-05-14 - Senate - Do pass as amended (Y: 6 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-11 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-21 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 11 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-04-14 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (Y: 10 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-08-31		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
2026-08-26	Senate	Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-25	Senate	In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-25	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 16. Page 6500.) Ordered to the Senate.
2026-08-21	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-21	Assembly	Read third time and amended.
2026-08-17	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-13	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-13	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 13).
2026-08-13	Assembly	Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-05	Assembly	August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-07-02	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-07-02	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (July 1).
2026-06-24	Assembly	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on U. & E.
2026-06-23	Assembly	From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on U. & E. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 23).
2026-06-23	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2026-06-18	Assembly	Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2026-06-15	Assembly	Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2026-06-04	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on TRANS., JUD., and U. & E.
2026-05-20	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-19	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 4360.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-05-18	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14	Senate	Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-05-14	Senate	From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 4276.) (May 14).
2026-05-12	Senate	Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-11	Senate	May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-05-05	Senate	Set for hearing May 11.
2026-05-04	Senate	May 4 hearing postponed by committee.
2026-04-24	Senate	Set for hearing May 4.
2026-04-22	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 3981.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-16	Senate	Set for hearing April 21.
2026-04-15	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 2. Page 3874.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2026-04-09	Senate	Set for hearing April 14.
2026-04-08	Senate	Re-referred to Coms. on TRANS. and JUD.
2026-03-25	Senate	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-03-04	Senate	Referred to Com. on RLS.
2026-02-23	Senate	Read first time.
2026-02-23	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2026-02-20	Senate	Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Public Utilities Code	185045	Amended Code	Citation Text
Public Utilities Code	185520	New Code	See Bill Text

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