---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courthouse construction: filing fee surcharges."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes the Board of Supervisors of San Bernardino County to impose a surcharge, not to exceed $35, on certain filing fees for purposes of funding its Courthouse Construction Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 673"
citation: "California SB 673 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courthouseconstruction", "filingfeesurcharges"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ochoa Bogh"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-07-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61e077c0-9e2a-46fb-b41c-3d16b00a25c8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB673"
source_hash: "b567425599d042b4941ec51fcbc2c8e428784118ace893d2d89c26ff56a184f1"
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 673 (20252026) — Courthouse construction: filing fee surcharges.

Existing law, until January 1, 2026, authorizes the Board of Supervisors of San Bernardino County to impose a surcharge, not to exceed $35, on certain filing fees for purposes of funding its Courthouse Construction Fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB673&version=20250SB67399INT)
2. **03/26/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB673&version=20250SB67398AMD)
3. **07/28/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB673&version=20250SB67396CHP)
4. **SB673** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB673)
5. **07/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB673&version=20250SB67397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 673 Ochoa Bogh Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB673 Ochoa Bogh et al. — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ochoa Bogh — primary (person)
- Reyes — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** 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`
- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 836.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
- **2025-05-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1051.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-07-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-07-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2509.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-07-10** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2025-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2025-07-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 75, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61e077c0-9e2a-46fb-b41c-3d16b00a25c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).