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California SB 971 (20152016) — Validations.

This bill would enact the First Validating Act of 2016, which would validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state and counties, cities, and specified districts, agencies, and entities.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/27/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB971 (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/13/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 971 GOV.& F. Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB971 Committee On GOV. & F.(Hertzberg) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-08 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2016-02-09 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 10.
• 2016-02-18 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2016-02-24 Set for hearing March 16.
• 2016-03-08 March 16 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-03-10 Set for hearing March 30.
• 2016-03-30 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3334.) (March 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-03-31 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-04-07 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3432.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-04-07 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2016-04-21 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2016-05-05 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4792.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2016-05-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2016-05-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-05-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 15, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d77d1f38-6b52-441b-b89e-fe14f82570a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).