republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-279.md

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Bill	San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.	Existing law establishes the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority to raise and allocate resources for the restoration, enhancement, protection, and enjoyment of wetlands and wildlife habitat in the San Francisco Bay and along its shoreline. Existing law authorizes the authority to levy a benefit assessment, special tax, or property-related fee consistent with the California Constitution, as specified. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of each affected county, when the authority proposes a measure to levy a special tax for submission to the voters, to call a special election on the measure and place the measure on the ballot of the next regularly scheduled statewide election.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	SB 279	California SB 279 (20132014)	bill	San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.	enacted	Hancock	10	30	6	2013-02-14	2013-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/a499af6d-7c0b-47a7-9128-e233077f1b5a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB279	e16e16dcd51e5a76280713e94081d7141dd44f1fb8c0cd23391fa0b68e8abf12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 279 (20132014) — San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.

Existing law establishes the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority to raise and allocate resources for the restoration, enhancement, protection, and enjoyment of wetlands and wildlife habitat in the San Francisco Bay and along its shoreline. Existing law authorizes the authority to levy a benefit assessment, special tax, or property-related fee consistent with the California Constitution, as specified. Existing law requires the board of supervisors of each affected county, when the authority proposes a measure to levy a special tax for submission to the voters, to call a special election on the measure and place the measure on the ballot of the next regularly scheduled statewide election.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/09/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/23/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/15/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/14/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/26/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/03/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB279 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/06/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB279 Hancock Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 279 Hancock Senate Third Reading By LEVINE — 74–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Hancock — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
• 2013-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
• 2013-02-28 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-03 Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and RLS. referral-committee
• 2013-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-04-09 Set for hearing April 17.
• 2013-04-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 566.) (April 17). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-04-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-05-02 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2013-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2013-05-14 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-20 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 969.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-20 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2013-05-30 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2013-06-13 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-06-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-08-05 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-08-08 From consent calendar.
• 2013-08-08 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-08-26 Read third time and amended. (Page 2699.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-08-26 Ordered to third reading.
• 2013-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 2832.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2013-09-04 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2134.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2013-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 514, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a499af6d-7c0b-47a7-9128-e233077f1b5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).