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type: "Bill"
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title: "Counties: ordinances."
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description: "Existing law requires the county board of supervisors, within 15 days after the passage of an ordinance by the board, to publish the ordinance with the names of those members voting for and against the ordinance, in a newspaper published in the county, except as specified. Existing law requires that an ordinance not published, as specified, within this 15-day period is to not take effect until 30 days after the date of its publication. Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors to meet this publication requirement by publishing a summary of a proposed ordinance or proposed amendment to an existing ordinance, under specified conditions that include, among other requirements, publishing the summary and posting a certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance or proposed amendment in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors at least 5 days prior to the board of supervisors meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment is to be adopted."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 823"
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citation: "California AB 823 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties: ordinances."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bigelow"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 15
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2015-02-26"
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last_action: "2015-07-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aed1fc89-5af2-4c96-99fc-0d1a83415935"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB823"
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source_hash: "107219de0ed78b44e2ff19b2e58965d5ffb0c07ea07e7f0e09f3b2e5ba5c3833"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 823 (20152016) — Counties: ordinances.
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Existing law requires the county board of supervisors, within 15 days after the passage of an ordinance by the board, to publish the ordinance with the names of those members voting for and against the ordinance, in a newspaper published in the county, except as specified. Existing law requires that an ordinance not published, as specified, within this 15-day period is to not take effect until 30 days after the date of its publication. Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors to meet this publication requirement by publishing a summary of a proposed ordinance or proposed amendment to an existing ordinance, under specified conditions that include, among other requirements, publishing the summary and posting a certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance or proposed amendment in the office of the clerk of the board of supervisors at least 5 days prior to the board of supervisors meeting at which the proposed ordinance or amendment is to be adopted.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB823&version=20150AB82399INT)
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2. **07/02/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB823&version=20150AB82397CHP)
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3. **AB823** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB823)
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4. **06/19/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB823&version=20150AB82398ENR)
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## Votes
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 823 BIGELOW Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bigelow — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
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- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 972.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1491.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2015-07-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-07-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 39, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aed1fc89-5af2-4c96-99fc-0d1a83415935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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