republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-907.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County road commissioner: Merced County."
description: "Existing law provides for the appointment of a road commissioner in each county by the board of supervisors, with specified powers and duties relating to county roads. Existing law provides for exceptions to this requirement in cases in which the duties of the road commissioner have been transferred by the board of supervisors to the county director of transportation or another authorized person. Existing law, in the case of Orange County, authorizes the board of supervisors of that county to transfer the duties of the county road commissioner to a county environmental management agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 907"
citation: "California SB 907 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County road commissioner: Merced County."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cannella"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-17"
last_action: "2018-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a497488e-cb10-4102-afe0-e811ca8ab47e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB907"
source_hash: "f8c0c590cacf88470d2af68d7c2c9d799ac7653778f007195fdb3d88a1c382bc"
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 907 (20172018) — County road commissioner: Merced County.

Existing law provides for the appointment of a road commissioner in each county by the board of supervisors, with specified powers and duties relating to county roads. Existing law provides for exceptions to this requirement in cases in which the duties of the road commissioner have been transferred by the board of supervisors to the county director of transportation or another authorized person. Existing law, in the case of Orange County, authorizes the board of supervisors of that county to transfer the duties of the county road commissioner to a county environmental management agency.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/17/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB907&version=20170SB90799INT)
2. **04/02/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB907&version=20170SB90798AMD)
3. **07/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB907&version=20170SB90796CHP)
4. **SB907** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB907)
5. **07/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB907&version=20170SB90797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation and Housing] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 907 Cannella Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cannella — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 17.
- **2018-01-24** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and T. & H. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Set for hearing April 4.
- **2018-04-02** 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`
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4534.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-11** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 4821.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4941.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-05-10** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6066.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-02** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2018-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 135, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a497488e-cb10-4102-afe0-e811ca8ab47e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).