---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Omnibus Act of 2017."
description: "(1) The California Constitution requires, among others, all public officers to take a specified oath of office. Existing statutory law requires any officer to take that oath before he or she enters the duties of his or her office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 205"
citation: "California SB 205 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government Omnibus Act of 2017."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governance and Finance"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-01"
last_action: "2017-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46168572-fbb6-4687-89c0-155a1e909e0b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB205"
source_hash: "b719afa3687281d206656e316460dd93598235a5618a41129ac4d0b9712cbfde"
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 205 (20172018) — Local Government Omnibus Act of 2017.

(1) The California Constitution requires, among others, all public officers to take a specified oath of office. Existing statutory law requires any officer to take that oath before he or she enters the duties of his or her office.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB205&version=20170SB20599INT)
2. **03/23/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB205&version=20170SB20598AMD)
3. **06/20/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB205&version=20170SB20597AMD)
4. **08/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB205&version=20170SB20596AMD)
5. **09/30/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB205&version=20170SB20594CHP)
6. **SB205** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB205)
7. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB205&version=20170SB20595ENR)

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-01** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 4.
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2017-03-23** 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`
- **2017-03-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 537.) (March 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 643.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **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 APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-08-21** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Calderon.
- **2017-08-21** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-08-28** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-28** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2962.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-06** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2583.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 387, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46168572-fbb6-4687-89c0-155a1e909e0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).