---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transactions and use taxes: County of Sonoma."
description: "Existing law authorizes cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "California SB 152 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transactions and use taxes: County of Sonoma."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 43
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2018-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8ce86b8-be1e-4d5a-92b1-d3e7ad40c383"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB152"
source_hash: "7512c3890ff913b5c4df7704852e73c95977d937873a35676c6397e0214df4a7"
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 152 (20172018) — Transactions and use taxes: County of Sonoma.

Existing law authorizes cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/18/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB152&version=20170SB15299INT)
2. **03/23/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB152&version=20170SB15298AMD)
3. **06/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB152&version=20170SB15297AMD)
4. **08/24/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB152&version=20170SB15296AMD)
5. **08/27/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB152&version=20170SB15295AMD)
6. **09/23/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB152&version=20170SB15293CHP)
7. **SB152** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB152)
8. **09/07/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB152&version=20170SB15294ENR)

## Votes

- SB 152 McGuire Senate Third Reading By WOOD — **50–28** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 152 Hernandez Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 152 Hernandez Senate Third Reading Amend By WOOD Set #1 — **50–24** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB152 McGuire Concurrence — **26–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGuire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-31** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 623.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-13** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2017-04-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 904.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-27** June 27 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2473.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-06** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-07-13** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2017-07-13** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2017-07-17** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
- **2017-07-17** Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2018-08-23** Assembly Rule 78 suspended.
- **2018-08-23** From inactive file.
- **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 6548.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-27** 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`
- **2018-08-27** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
- **2018-08-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (August 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-31** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-31** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 6112.) Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-31** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 6199.) `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 6169.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2018-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 728, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f8ce86b8-be1e-4d5a-92b1-d3e7ad40c383`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).