---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transactions and use taxes: Counties of Alameda and Santa Clara and City of Santa Fe Springs."
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 703"
citation: "California SB 703 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transactions and use taxes: Counties of Alameda and Santa Clara and City of Santa Fe Springs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/139fcf02-5206-4b93-81d2-4e8b72f9a80a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB703"
source_hash: "2f6042334d2d65a64e69f5bb8acf84e0b7bc1fbd9c16cf51f2270e7506085bfa"
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 703 (20172018) — Transactions and use taxes: Counties of Alameda and Santa Clara and City of Santa Fe Springs.

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. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB703&version=20170SB70399INT)
2. **05/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB703&version=20170SB70398AMD)
3. **06/20/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB703&version=20170SB70397AMD)
4. **07/18/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB703&version=20170SB70396AMD)
5. **09/07/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB703&version=20170SB70395AMD)
6. **10/10/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB703&version=20170SB70393CHP)
7. **SB703** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB703)
8. **09/14/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB703&version=20170SB70394ENR)

## Votes

- SB 703 Skinner Senate Third Reading By CALDERON Amendment Set #1 — **51–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **24–13** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB703 Skinner et al. Concurrence — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- SB 703 Skinner Senate Third Reading By CALDERON — **49–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)
- Berman — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (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.
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2017-04-13** April 19 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-19** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2017-04-24** May 3 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-25** Set for hearing May 10.
- **2017-05-03** 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`
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1020.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 1108.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-13** June 14 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-06-20** 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`
- **2017-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-17** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (July 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-07-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 3001.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 49. Noes 28. Page 3153.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 2791.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 651, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/139fcf02-5206-4b93-81d2-4e8b72f9a80a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).