---
type: "Bill"
title: "School district reorganization: bonded indebtedness: Wiseburn Unified School District: Centinela Valley Union High School District."
description: "(1) Existing law specifies the manner in which bonded indebtedness of a school district on general obligation bonds is reallocated among school districts when school districts are reorganized."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "California SB 477 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School district reorganization: bonded indebtedness: Wiseburn Unified School District: Centinela Valley Union High School District."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2012-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1166778-2588-4303-9ba3-940523eecb82"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB477"
source_hash: "f49689f08a08c73e7b051a0fcaac2a1f35d69f81386b70a908314639d09c9e96"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 477 (20112012) — School district reorganization: bonded indebtedness: Wiseburn Unified School District: Centinela Valley Union High School District.

(1) Existing law specifies the manner in which bonded indebtedness of a school district on general obligation bonds is reallocated among school districts when school districts are reorganized.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB477&version=20110SB47799INT)
2. **04/13/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB477&version=20110SB47798AMD)
3. **04/26/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB477&version=20110SB47797AMD)
4. **06/11/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB477&version=20110SB47794AMD)
5. **06/20/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB477&version=20110SB47793AMD)
6. **06/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB477&version=20110SB47796AMD)
7. **07/03/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB477&version=20110SB47792AMD)
8. **07/13/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB477&version=20110SB47795AMD)
9. **09/28/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB477&version=20110SB47790CHP)
10. **SB477** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB477)
11. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB477&version=20110SB47791ENR)

## Votes

- SB 477 Wright Senate Third Reading By BRADFORD — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Education. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **26–11** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB477 Wright Concurrence — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Set for hearing March 23.
- **2011-03-22** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-21** Set for hearing May 4.
- **2011-04-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-05-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 850.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-06** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2011-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 1013.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 1177.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6124.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-22** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-23** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-23** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4746.) Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2012-08-28** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 4877.) `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4960.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 730, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1166778-2588-4303-9ba3-940523eecb82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).