---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local educational agencies: governing board elections: Los Angeles Community College District."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the governing board of a school district or community college district that is situated wholly or partly within a city containing a population of over 1,900,000 according to the 1950 federal census to be composed of 7 members elected at large at the same time and manner of the city council of that city, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 628"
citation: "California SB 628 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local educational agencies: governing board elections: Los Angeles Community College District."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9736fc9-2232-4da6-beb1-8062be19d9e8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB628"
source_hash: "5cc86cc34657b49d47787cb93df620c4ccc6a86ff44abb05e30c37e8d777e82c"
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 628 (20172018) — Local educational agencies: governing board elections: Los Angeles Community College District.

(1) Existing law requires the governing board of a school district or community college district that is situated wholly or partly within a city containing a population of over 1,900,000 according to the 1950 federal census to be composed of 7 members elected at large at the same time and manner of the city council of that city, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB628&version=20170SB62899INT)
2. **03/27/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB628&version=20170SB62898AMD)
3. **09/11/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB628&version=20170SB62896CHP)
4. **SB628** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB628)
5. **08/25/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB628&version=20170SB62897ENR)

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2017-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 620.) (April 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 798.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & R. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 8. Page 2762.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-24** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 243, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9736fc9-2232-4da6-beb1-8062be19d9e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).