republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1550.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School finance: school bonds: small school district."
description: "Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district or community college district to order an election and submit to the electors of the school district or community college district, as applicable, the question whether the bonds of the district should be issued and sold for the purpose of raising money for specified purposes, including, among other things, the supplying of school buildings and grounds with furniture, equipment, or necessary apparatus of a permanent nature."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1550"
citation: "California AB 1550 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School finance: school bonds: small school district."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b92f7e1f-ab2c-4702-b6d1-16be1385a41a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1550"
source_hash: "8778efc0a813d92d0b673cf8411fe598cc87eca07fdbaffe77376272272decbc"
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 AB 1550 (20172018) — School finance: school bonds: small school district.

Existing law authorizes the governing board of any school district or community college district to order an election and submit to the electors of the school district or community college district, as applicable, the question whether the bonds of the district should be issued and sold for the purpose of raising money for specified purposes, including, among other things, the supplying of school buildings and grounds with furniture, equipment, or necessary apparatus of a permanent nature.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1550&version=20170AB155099INT)
2. **03/16/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1550&version=20170AB155098AMD)
3. **04/18/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1550&version=20170AB155097AMD)
4. **07/13/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1550&version=20170AB155096AMD)
5. **10/03/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1550&version=20170AB155094CHP)
6. **AB1550** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1550)
7. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1550&version=20170AB155095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Limón — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2017-03-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1621.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Coms. on ED. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-08-23** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2350.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3012.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 451, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b92f7e1f-ab2c-4702-b6d1-16be1385a41a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).