---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Omnibus Act of 2018."
description: "(1) Existing law sets forth various provisions governing cities that reference various officers and employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1498"
citation: "California SB 1498 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government Omnibus Act of 2018."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governance and Finance"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-03-01"
last_action: "2018-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89c62a95-1acd-4c5e-b110-11fc58710ff9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1498"
source_hash: "d64d7865915d77880a7f1f056b3e663c0cf2c87c79d3827183312af44d108aaf"
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 1498 (20172018) — Local Government Omnibus Act of 2018.

(1) Existing law sets forth various provisions governing cities that reference various officers and employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/01/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1498&version=20170SB149899INT)
2. **04/18/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1498&version=20170SB149898AMD)
3. **06/19/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1498&version=20170SB149897AMD)
4. **08/06/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1498&version=20170SB149896AMD)
5. **09/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1498&version=20170SB149894CHP)
6. **SB1498** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1498)
7. **08/28/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1498&version=20170SB149895ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1498 GOV. & F. (McGuire) Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB1498 GOV. & F. — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1498 GOV.& F. Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
- **2018-03-15** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-06** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2018-04-12** April 18 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-04-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4811.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-27** Set for hearing May 7.
- **2018-05-07** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5015.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-25** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-08** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6313.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5683.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 467, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89c62a95-1acd-4c5e-b110-11fc58710ff9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).