---
type: "Bill"
title: "School facilities: local bond measures."
description: "The California Constitution limits the maximum amount of any ad valorem tax on real property to 1% of the full cash value of the property. The California Constitution states that the 1% limitation for ad valorem taxes does not apply to ad valorem taxes or assessments to pay the interest and redemption charges on bonded indebtedness incurred by a school district, community college district, or county office of education for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of school facilities approved by 55% of the voters if the proposition includes specified accountability requirements. The accountability requirements include a requirement that the governing board of either the school district or community college district or the county office of education conduct annual, independent performance and financial audits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 423"
citation: "California SB 423 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School facilities: local bond measures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wyland"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/821565d4-abb0-4514-ae63-4a8e573ba195"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB423"
source_hash: "3af778b4361e898315993fbfcff4fb80c9044b43bc5600d022e7ad8ec4f4ecd6"
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 423 (20112012) — School facilities: local bond measures.

The California Constitution limits the maximum amount of any ad valorem tax on real property to 1% of the full cash value of the property. The California Constitution states that the 1% limitation for ad valorem taxes does not apply to ad valorem taxes or assessments to pay the interest and redemption charges on bonded indebtedness incurred by a school district, community college district, or county office of education for the construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of school facilities approved by 55% of the voters if the proposition includes specified accountability requirements. The accountability requirements include a requirement that the governing board of either the school district or community college district or the county office of education conduct annual, independent performance and financial audits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB423&version=20110SB42399INT)
2. **03/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB423&version=20110SB42398AMD)
3. **06/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB423&version=20110SB42397AMD)
4. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB423&version=20110SB42395CHP)
5. **SB423** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB423)
6. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB423&version=20110SB42396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #7 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 423 Wyland Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wyland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-08** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2011-04-13** Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-27** Set for hearing May 11.
- **2011-05-11** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 948.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1040.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2230.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-07-13** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-08-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1914.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 237, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/821565d4-abb0-4514-ae63-4a8e573ba195`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).