republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-407.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: officers and employees: contracts."
description: "Existing law, commencing on January 1, 2012, prohibits an employment contract for a local agency executive, as defined, from providing an automatic renewal of a contract that provides for an automatic compensation increase in excess of a cost-of-living adjustment or a maximum cash settlement in excess of certain limits, as specified. Existing law defines the term \"local agency executive\" for these purposes, and includes within that definition any person who is either the chief executive officer of the local agency or a department head of a local agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 407"
citation: "California SB 407 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: officers and employees: contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hill"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa8b92a6-2c59-4b77-83e3-2e2bb3519fdf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB407"
source_hash: "1fd34c0bcd7372c1a06ef2ce8cb05c24fdcb0db49b995605143632b8395e4d13"
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 407 (20132014) — Local government: officers and employees: contracts.

Existing law, commencing on January 1, 2012, prohibits an employment contract for a local agency executive, as defined, from providing an automatic renewal of a contract that provides for an automatic compensation increase in excess of a cost-of-living adjustment or a maximum cash settlement in excess of certain limits, as specified. Existing law defines the term "local agency executive" for these purposes, and includes within that definition any person who is either the chief executive officer of the local agency or a department head of a local agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB407&version=20130SB40799INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB407&version=20130SB40798AMD)
3. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB407&version=20130SB40796CHP)
4. **SB407** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB407)
5. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB407&version=20130SB40797ENR)

## Votes

- SB 407 Hill Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hill — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2013-04-01** 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`
- **2013-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 406.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-05** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2013-04-15** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-17** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1013.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1103.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-17** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2672.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 213, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa8b92a6-2c59-4b77-83e3-2e2bb3519fdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).