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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 30: Diesel-powered on-track equipment: decommissioning: resale and transfer restrictions.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 30 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on December 2, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Diesel-powered on-track equipment: decommissioning: resale and transfer restrictions. Primary sponsor: Dave Cortese (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (October 13, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 735, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law provides various provisions applicable to all public transit and transit districts and includes specific requirements applicable to public entities that operate commuter rail or rail transit systems.

This bill would prohibit a public entity that owns diesel-powered on-track equipment from selling, donating, or otherwise transferring ownership of that equipment for continued use after the public entity decommissions the equipment. The bill would exempt the sale, donation, or transfer of the ownership of that equipment from the prohibition if the equipment is deemed to be in one of specified categories of emissions standards designated by the federal government for locomotives, the equipment produces emissions equivalent to any equipment within any of those federal categories, or the diesel engine is removed from the equipment, as specified.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dave CortesePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Jesse ArreguínCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate7

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 735, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2836.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 3092.) Ordered to the Senate.
  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 20).
  9. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  10. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (July 14).
  11. July 7 hearing postponed by committee.
  12. Referred to Com. on TRANS.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page