TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT PROGRAM
Summary
Creates the Transportation Benefits Program Act. Requires all covered employers to offer at least one transportation benefit program. Provides that the employer may choose between providing a program consistent with federal law that allows employees to elect to exclude from taxable wages and compensation the employee's commuting costs incurred for the purchase of a transit pass to use public transit or for the purchase of qualified parking, or a program under which the employer supplies a transit pass for the particular qualifying public transit requested by the covered employee or reimburses the covered employee for payments made for the use of qualified parking. Defines terms. Effective January 1, 2018.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2017
Committee Review
Aug 2017
House Passage
Apr 2017
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced May 2, 2017
Last action Jan 8, 2019
Floor votes · House Apr 27, 2017
How they voted
57–47
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 105
Apr 27, 2017
D
Democratic62
91% Yea
R
Republican43
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
101
Key actions
7
Committee
15
Amendments
7
Aug 4, 2017
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
upper
Aug 4, 2017
Committee
Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments
upper
May 31, 2017
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Transportation; 014-000-000
upper
May 29, 2017
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Transportation
upper
May 26, 2017
Committee
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments
upper
May 26, 2017
Introduced
Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
upper
May 25, 2017
Upper · Passed
Do Pass Transportation; 014-000-000
upper
May 24, 2017
Committee
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments
upper
May 24, 2017
Introduced
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
upper
May 24, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Transportation
upper
May 24, 2017
Upper · Passed
Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As May 31, 2017
upper
May 2, 2017
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
May 2, 2017
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 27, 2017
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (57-47-1)
house
Apr 26, 2017
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted
lower
Apr 25, 2017
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Mass Transit Committee; 007-004-000
lower
Apr 6, 2017
Lower · Passed
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Mass Transit Committee
lower
Apr 4, 2017
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Apr 4, 2017
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah
lower
Mar 23, 2017
Committee
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 23, 2017
Introduced
House Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Theresa Mah
lower
Mar 8, 2017
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Standard Debate Mass Transit Committee; 007-005-000
lower
Feb 22, 2017
Committee
Assigned to Mass Transit Committee
lower
Feb 8, 2017
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
0 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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