--- type: "Bill" title: "Transactions and use taxes: County of Santa Clara." description: "(1) 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: "20232024" identifier: "SB 335" citation: "California SB 335 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["County of Santa Clara", "Transactions and use taxes"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"] version_count: 9 action_count: 32 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2023-02-07" last_action: "2023-10-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac8ca9db-b626-4e79-8cec-e27529ba573e" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB335" source_hash: "42b24f41435a345847957de5f328aa49ecbff1851a263b4373ca62fdd6b96c21" 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 335 (20232024) — Transactions and use taxes: County of Santa Clara. (1) 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. **02/07/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB335&version=20230SB33599INT) 2. **03/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB335&version=20230SB33598AMD) 3. **06/08/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB335&version=20230SB33597AMD) 4. **06/19/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB335&version=20230SB33596AMD) 5. **08/14/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB335&version=20230SB33595AMD) 6. **08/28/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB335&version=20230SB33594AMD) 7. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB335&version=20230SB33592CHP) 8. **SB335** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB335) 9. **09/13/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB335&version=20230SB33593ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended. — **6–3** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB335 Cortese et al. Concurrence — **28–8** (pass) · upper - SB 335 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Bennett Amend By BENNETT Set #1 — **53–16** (pass) · lower - SB 335 Cortese Senate Third Reading By Bennett — **51–17** (pass) · lower - That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **6–2** (pass) · upper - Consent Calendar — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Revenue and Taxation] — **5–2** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Cortese — primary (person) - Berman — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-02-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10. - **2023-02-15** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-13** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-28** Set for hearing April 12. - **2023-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 712.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-04-18** Set for hearing April 24. - **2023-04-24** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2023-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 961.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-05-11** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-06-12** Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-08-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-08-28** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 53. Noes 16. Page 2831.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-08-28** Ordered to third reading. - **2023-09-05** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 17. Page 2928.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-05** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2023-09-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee` - **2023-09-06** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2384.) Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2023-09-07** Set for hearing September 7. - **2023-09-07** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 2. Page 2494.) `committee-passage` - **2023-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2594.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 391, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ac8ca9db-b626-4e79-8cec-e27529ba573e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).