---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries."
description: "Existing law authorizes counties, cities, and other local agencies to impose various taxes and fees in connection with activity or property within those jurisdictions. The California Constitution also authorizes a charter city to levy local taxes to raise revenues for local purposes, subject to restrictions imposed by that city's charter or preemption in matters of statewide concern."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 872"
citation: "California SB 872 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f883421b-fc46-4669-b996-5bd74bfe0e34"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB872"
source_hash: "893c401c356290020cf8c5f40eb7350e14fdaa51650493d09bec464b16456059"
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 872 (20172018) — Local government: taxation: prohibition: groceries.

Existing law authorizes counties, cities, and other local agencies to impose various taxes and fees in connection with activity or property within those jurisdictions. The California Constitution also authorizes a charter city to levy local taxes to raise revenues for local purposes, subject to restrictions imposed by that city's charter or preemption in matters of statewide concern.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB872&version=20170SB87299INT)
2. **06/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB872&version=20170SB87298AMD)
3. **06/27/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB872&version=20170SB87297AMD)
4. **07/09/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB872&version=20170SB87295CHP)
5. **SB872** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB872)
6. **07/02/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB872&version=20170SB87296ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB872 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB872 B. & F.R. — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 872 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10.
- **2018-01-16** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 4865.)
- **2018-04-30** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4929.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-07** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 6049.)
- **2018-07-02** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-07-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-07-02** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 6049.)
- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6055.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-07-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 5005.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 88, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f883421b-fc46-4669-b996-5bd74bfe0e34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).