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Bill	County government: contract legal counsel: auditor-controller.	(1) Existing law requires a county board of supervisors, upon request of the county assessor or sheriff, to contract with legal counsel to assist the assessor or sheriff with duties for which the district attorney or county counsel would have a conflict of interest in representing the assessor or sheriff. In the event the board of supervisors does not concur with the assessor or sheriff that a conflict of interest exists, existing law authorizes the county assessor or sheriff to initiate an ex parte proceeding before the presiding judge of the superior court, as provided.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 3068	California AB 3068 (20172018)	bill	County government: contract legal counsel: auditor-controller.	enacted	Daly	5	23	8	2018-02-16	2018-09-07	openstates	ocd-bill/6b3f97d1-9503-460a-b8c8-8a5e9d555782	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB3068	ed8bf0dac9d5b670fe80dd404c33e288c637bcda5d487dc56fb9d3e0eb9883b7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3068 (20172018) — County government: contract legal counsel: auditor-controller.

(1) Existing law requires a county board of supervisors, upon request of the county assessor or sheriff, to contract with legal counsel to assist the assessor or sheriff with duties for which the district attorney or county counsel would have a conflict of interest in representing the assessor or sheriff. In the event the board of supervisors does not concur with the assessor or sheriff that a conflict of interest exists, existing law authorizes the county assessor or sheriff to initiate an ex parte proceeding before the presiding judge of the superior court, as provided.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/16/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/07/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB3068 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB3068 Daly et al. By Bates — 36–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 3068 DALY Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Daly — primary (person)
• Bates — principal coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2018-03-12 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2018-04-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2018-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-05-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5502.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-13 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2018-06-18 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4717.)
• 2018-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2018-08-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 2. Page 5652.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2018-08-29 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2018-09-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 307, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6b3f97d1-9503-460a-b8c8-8a5e9d555782. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).