republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1202.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land use: development fees."
description: "The Mitigation Fee Act, if a local agency requires the payment of certain fees to provide for an improvement to serve a development project in connection with the approval of that development project, requires the local agency receiving the fee to deposit the fee with the other fees imposed for the improvement in a separate capital facilities account or fund and to expend those fees solely for the purpose for which the fees were collected. The act requires the local agency, within 180 days after the last day of each fiscal year, to make public specified information for the fiscal year about each separate account or fund established, including the amount of fees collected and an identification of each public improvement on which fees were expended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1202"
citation: "California SB 1202 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Land use: development fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stone"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d5aece0-414a-4d55-ab50-3707617f4e02"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1202"
source_hash: "7523c7c3349af7a37c0066cc66a1f352b015cc2621d6e7f7be586c0aa691e804"
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 SB 1202 (20172018) — Land use: development fees.

The Mitigation Fee Act, if a local agency requires the payment of certain fees to provide for an improvement to serve a development project in connection with the approval of that development project, requires the local agency receiving the fee to deposit the fee with the other fees imposed for the improvement in a separate capital facilities account or fund and to expend those fees solely for the purpose for which the fees were collected. The act requires the local agency, within 180 days after the last day of each fiscal year, to make public specified information for the fiscal year about each separate account or fund established, including the amount of fees collected and an identification of each public improvement on which fees were expended.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1202&version=20170SB120299INT)
2. **03/19/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1202&version=20170SB120298AMD)
3. **04/10/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1202&version=20170SB120297AMD)
4. **05/15/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1202&version=20170SB120296AMD)
5. **09/11/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1202&version=20170SB120294CHP)
6. **SB1202** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1202)
7. **08/20/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1202&version=20170SB120295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1202 Stone Senate Third Reading By MAYES — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-02** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2018-05-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4995.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4224.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6299.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 357, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d5aece0-414a-4d55-ab50-3707617f4e02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).