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Bill	Local government: counties: consolidation of offices.	Existing law authorizes the boards of supervisors of specified counties to provide, by ordinance, that the public administrator be appointed by the board. Existing law also authorizes the boards of supervisors of specified counties, by ordinance, to appoint the same person to the offices of public administrator and public guardian, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 798	California AB 798 (20172018)	bill	Local government: counties: consolidation of offices.	enacted	Eduardo Garcia	7	29	5	2017-02-15	2017-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/647e5938-af93-428b-b3ec-84f381b9ef28	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB798	6b81b30b21b906735b9d7d781d9acfc8d627c0ffb9dedf03a6f5bf8d851f6632	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 798 (20172018) — Local government: counties: consolidation of offices.

Existing law authorizes the boards of supervisors of specified counties to provide, by ordinance, that the public administrator be appointed by the board. Existing law also authorizes the boards of supervisors of specified counties, by ordinance, to appoint the same person to the offices of public administrator and public guardian, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/07/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/10/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB798 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 798 GARCIA, E. Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent Calendar # AB798 Eduardo Garcia By Hueso Urgency Clause — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 798 GARCIA, E. Concurrence - Urgency Added — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eduardo Garcia — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2017-03-23 Referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2017-03-23 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on W.,P., & W. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on W.,P., & W. referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1488.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-24 Referred to Com. on N.R. & W. referral-committee
• 2017-06-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-06-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-06-08 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2017-06-08 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2017-06-14 Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2017-07-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-07-10 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
• 2017-07-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2351.). 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.
• 2017-09-05 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2017-09-12 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (September 12). committee-passage
• 2017-09-14 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3364.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2017-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 383, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/647e5938-af93-428b-b3ec-84f381b9ef28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).