republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-946.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sidewalk vendors."
description: "Existing law authorizes a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to adopt requirements for the public safety regulating any type of vending and the time, place, and manner of vending from a vehicle upon a street."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 946"
citation: "California SB 946 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sidewalk vendors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c457888a-049a-4c68-a1f5-7be7dbf2c24a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB946"
source_hash: "94cfa95371a9fd59c50c1476f75ba466c4af33f59ebb540e08ad98b9b5de2a03"
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 946 (20172018) — Sidewalk vendors.

Existing law authorizes a local authority, by ordinance or resolution, to adopt requirements for the public safety regulating any type of vending and the time, place, and manner of vending from a vehicle upon a street.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB946&version=20170SB94699INT)
2. **04/11/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB946&version=20170SB94698AMD)
3. **04/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB946&version=20170SB94697AMD)
4. **06/11/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB946&version=20170SB94696AMD)
5. **08/16/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB946&version=20170SB94695AMD)
6. **09/17/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB946&version=20170SB94693CHP)
7. **SB946** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB946)
8. **08/23/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB946&version=20170SB94694ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 946 Lara Senate Third Reading By GARCIA, E. — **56–17** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB946 Lara et al. — **22–10** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB946 Lara et al. Concurrence — **24–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-10** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2018-04-11** 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`
- **2018-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4721.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 4939.) 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 Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-11** 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`
- **2018-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (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 and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2018-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2018-08-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 6396.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-21** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 5546.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 459, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c457888a-049a-4c68-a1f5-7be7dbf2c24a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).