Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to dispose of surplus court facilities pursuant to a specified process that requires, among other things, the Judicial Council to consult with the county where the court facility is located, offer the facility to the county at a fair market value before offering it to another state or local government agency, and deposit the funds received from a sale into the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The process further requires the Judicial Council, if the court facility was previously the responsibility of a county, to comply with certain requirements applicable to the sale of surplus state property. Existing law establishes the Immediate and Critical Needs Account within the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The California Constitution requires the proceeds from the sale of surplus state property to be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties, a continuously appropriated fund.
California SB 403 (20172018) — Sale of county courthouses.
Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to dispose of surplus court facilities pursuant to a specified process that requires, among other things, the Judicial Council to consult with the county where the court facility is located, offer the facility to the county at a fair market value before offering it to another state or local government agency, and deposit the funds received from a sale into the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The process further requires the Judicial Council, if the court facility was previously the responsibility of a county, to comply with certain requirements applicable to the sale of surplus state property. Existing law establishes the Immediate and Critical Needs Account within the State Court Facilities Construction Fund. The California Constitution requires the proceeds from the sale of surplus state property to be deposited into the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties, a continuously appropriated fund.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 403 Cannella Third Reading Urgency By SALAS — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Cannella — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2017-02-16 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
2017-02-23 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-03-14 Set for hearing March 28.
2017-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 539.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-05 Set for hearing April 17.
2017-04-17 April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1184.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-26 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2017-05-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1356.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-06-01 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-12 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-06-28 June 28 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-14 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3406.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-15 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2017-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
2017-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 358, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0016b09f-4da0-4ac3-a68f-2a70f02a8ebc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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