republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1108.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: state and local reapportionment."
description: "Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors to appoint a committee, composed of county residents, to study the matter of changing the boundaries of its supervisorial districts. Existing law directs a committee created pursuant to that provision to report its findings to the board of supervisors, as specified, and it expressly states that recommendations of the committee are advisory only. Existing law similarly authorizes a city council to appoint a committee, composed of city residents, to study the matter of changing the boundaries of its council districts, directs a committee so created to report its findings to the city council, and expressly states that recommendations of the committee are advisory only."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1108"
citation: "California SB 1108 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: state and local reapportionment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-17"
last_action: "2016-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab11af79-5992-4051-ae8d-d2d5bdc82103"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1108"
source_hash: "4a50f33c27fc28ab4c384f7f510ebb5038b32ef719e74ad6a5d6f0b22c781fa9"
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 1108 (20152016) — Elections: state and local reapportionment.

Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors to appoint a committee, composed of county residents, to study the matter of changing the boundaries of its supervisorial districts. Existing law directs a committee created pursuant to that provision to report its findings to the board of supervisors, as specified, and it expressly states that recommendations of the committee are advisory only. Existing law similarly authorizes a city council to appoint a committee, composed of city residents, to study the matter of changing the boundaries of its council districts, directs a committee so created to report its findings to the city council, and expressly states that recommendations of the committee are advisory only.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1108&version=20150SB110899INT)
2. **05/04/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1108&version=20150SB110898AMD)
3. **06/08/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1108&version=20150SB110897AMD)
4. **09/28/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1108&version=20150SB110895CHP)
5. **SB1108** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1108)
6. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1108&version=20150SB110896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- SB 1108 Allen Senate Third Reading By WILLIAMS — **62–14** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1108 Allen Concurrence — **35–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3392.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-08** Set for hearing April 20.
- **2016-04-14** April 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2016-05-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3698.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-04** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3843.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Coms. on E. & R. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 14. Page 5883.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 3. Page 5362.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 784, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ab11af79-5992-4051-ae8d-d2d5bdc82103`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).