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Bill	Validations.	This bill would enact the Third 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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 973	California SB 973 (20152016)	bill	Validations.	enacted	Committee on Governance and Finance	4	18	4	2016-02-08	2016-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/33f6b7f3-9c00-44b1-b796-94cd8052797b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB973	07a95d3054399c9d43e53e95b277589508855bd67bdf13e6c4e5c03aa028b157	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 973 (20152016) — Validations.

This bill would enact the Third 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. SB973 (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/13/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 973 GOV.& F. Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB973 Committee On GOV. & F.(Hertzberg) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

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. 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. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4793.) 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 17, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/33f6b7f3-9c00-44b1-b796-94cd8052797b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).