republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-556.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County ordinances: violations: fines."
description: "The California Constitution authorizes a county to make and enforce within its limits all police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws, and existing law establishes the procedure by which counties may enact ordinances. Under existing law, violation of a county ordinance is generally a misdemeanor, unless by ordinance it is made an infraction. Existing law establishes fines for violations of an ordinance determined to be an infraction and limits the amount of fine to $100 for a first violation, $200 for a 2nd violation within one year, and $500 for each additional violation within one year or, in the case of violations of a local building and safety code, a fine not exceeding $100 for a first violation, $500 for a 2nd violation within one year, and $1,000 for each additional violation within one year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 556"
citation: "California AB 556 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County ordinances: violations: fines."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2017-10-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/411a5ffa-6421-41fd-897d-1b261b1694cf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB556"
source_hash: "27131f07374b2c05e7b7f7867dd4dae7376b51c84cd891be2628b1de1a1387ce"
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 556 (20172018) — County ordinances: violations: fines.

The California Constitution authorizes a county to make and enforce within its limits all police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws, and existing law establishes the procedure by which counties may enact ordinances. Under existing law, violation of a county ordinance is generally a misdemeanor, unless by ordinance it is made an infraction. Existing law establishes fines for violations of an ordinance determined to be an infraction and limits the amount of fine to $100 for a first violation, $200 for a 2nd violation within one year, and $500 for each additional violation within one year or, in the case of violations of a local building and safety code, a fine not exceeding $100 for a first violation, $500 for a 2nd violation within one year, and $1,000 for each additional violation within one year.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB556&version=20170AB55699INT)
2. **03/14/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB556&version=20170AB55698AMD)
3. **04/24/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB556&version=20170AB55697AMD)
4. **05/16/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB556&version=20170AB55696AMD)
5. **06/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB556&version=20170AB55695AMD)
6. **07/05/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB556&version=20170AB55694AMD)
7. **08/29/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB556&version=20170AB55693AMD)
8. **10/02/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB556&version=20170AB55691CHP)
9. **AB556** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB556)
10. **09/08/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB556&version=20170AB55692ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB556 Limón By Jackson — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 556 LIMÓN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **58–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Limón — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2017-02-27** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** 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`
- **2017-03-15** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-24** 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`
- **2017-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 1793.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-07-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-08-29** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2474.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 21. Page 3017.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 405, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/411a5ffa-6421-41fd-897d-1b261b1694cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).