republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-302.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint powers agencies: Orange County Fire Authority: funds."
description: "Existing law requires property tax revenues of the County of Orange that are allocated by that county to a joint powers authority formed for the purpose of providing fire protection to be used by that authority for fire protection purposes, as defined. Existing law authorizes a local agency to transfer any portion of its property tax revenues that is allocable to one or more tax rate areas within the local agency to one or more other local agencies that have the same tax rate areas, as specified, subject to specified conditions, including that the transfer will not impair the ability of the transferring agency to provide existing services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 302"
citation: "California SB 302 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joint powers agencies: Orange County Fire Authority: funds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-10-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e413fcf5-8fca-4e90-99a4-7fc485b96064"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB302"
source_hash: "8013e995cb86c6112b065817260b24ab8999bdfc4bde9620a97979718b2e4913"
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 302 (20172018) — Joint powers agencies: Orange County Fire Authority: funds.

Existing law requires property tax revenues of the County of Orange that are allocated by that county to a joint powers authority formed for the purpose of providing fire protection to be used by that authority for fire protection purposes, as defined. Existing law authorizes a local agency to transfer any portion of its property tax revenues that is allocable to one or more tax rate areas within the local agency to one or more other local agencies that have the same tax rate areas, as specified, subject to specified conditions, including that the transfer will not impair the ability of the transferring agency to provide existing services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB302&version=20170SB30299INT)
2. **03/29/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB302&version=20170SB30298AMD)
3. **05/04/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB302&version=20170SB30297AMD)
4. **06/19/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB302&version=20170SB30296AMD)
5. **07/03/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB302&version=20170SB30295AMD)
6. **10/14/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB302&version=20170SB30293CHP)
7. **SB302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB302)
8. **09/14/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB302&version=20170SB30294ENR)

## Sponsors

- Mendoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** 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`
- **2017-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-19** Set for hearing May 3.
- **2017-04-24** May 3 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2017-04-25** Set for hearing May 10.
- **2017-05-04** 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`
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1019.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 1145.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-07-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 3172.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 5. Page 2790.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2017-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 807, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e413fcf5-8fca-4e90-99a4-7fc485b96064`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).