--- type: "Bill" title: "Public bodies: bonds: public notice." description: "Existing law authorizes the governing body of a public body to authorize the issuance of bonds pursuant to a resolution, indenture, agreement, or other instrument providing for the issuance of bonds. Existing law defines a \"public body\" to mean, among other entities, a county, city, or city and county." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 450" citation: "California SB 450 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Public bodies: bonds: public notice."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"] version_count: 7 action_count: 35 vote_count: 0 first_action: "2017-02-15" last_action: "2017-10-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a191229-7b5e-4259-a798-437179e55a37" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB450" source_hash: "7a7d56ab0c97627d3a08d25e59ac1bf37da69acc95d88a9ceacea9d66b9f7597" 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 450 (20172018) — Public bodies: bonds: public notice. Existing law authorizes the governing body of a public body to authorize the issuance of bonds pursuant to a resolution, indenture, agreement, or other instrument providing for the issuance of bonds. Existing law defines a "public body" to mean, among other entities, a county, city, or city and county. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/15/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB450&version=20170SB45099INT) 2. **03/22/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB450&version=20170SB45098AMD) 3. **05/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB450&version=20170SB45097AMD) 4. **09/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB450&version=20170SB45096AMD) 5. **10/09/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB450&version=20170SB45094CHP) 6. **SB450** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB450) 7. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB450&version=20170SB45095ENR) ## Sponsors - Hertzberg — primary (person) - Cooley — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18. - **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-08** Set for hearing March 29. - **2017-03-20** March 29 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-03-21** Set for hearing April 5. - **2017-03-21** April 5 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-03-22** Set for hearing April 19. - **2017-03-22** 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` - **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 744.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-04-21** Set for hearing May 1. - **2017-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2017-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-17** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-05-17** Ordered to second reading. - **2017-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-18** Published May 17 at 9 p.m. - **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1256.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-21** June 28 hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-08-23** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-08-31** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon. - **2017-08-31** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-09-08** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3165.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-09-12** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2017-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2905.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m. - **2017-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 625, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a191229-7b5e-4259-a798-437179e55a37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).