(1) Existing law establishes procedures for the formation of infrastructure financing districts, enhanced infrastructure financing districts, infrastructure and revitalization financing districts, and community revitalization and investment authorities, as specified, to undertake various economic development projects, including financing public facilities and infrastructure, affordable housing, and economic revitalization. Existing law authorizes the issuance of bonds for the funding of these purposes, and, in the case of an enhanced infrastructure financing district, requires voter approval, as specified, for the issuance of those bonds. Existing law, the Neighborhood Infill Finance and Transit Improvements Act, authorizes a city, county, or city and county to adopt a resolution, at any time before or after the adoption of the infrastructure financing plan for an enhanced infrastructure financing district, to allocate, under specified circumstances, tax revenues of that entity to the district, including revenues derived from local sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law or transactions and use taxes imposed in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law.
California SB 961 (20172018) — Enhanced infrastructure financing districts.
(1) Existing law establishes procedures for the formation of infrastructure financing districts, enhanced infrastructure financing districts, infrastructure and revitalization financing districts, and community revitalization and investment authorities, as specified, to undertake various economic development projects, including financing public facilities and infrastructure, affordable housing, and economic revitalization. Existing law authorizes the issuance of bonds for the funding of these purposes, and, in the case of an enhanced infrastructure financing district, requires voter approval, as specified, for the issuance of those bonds. Existing law, the Neighborhood Infill Finance and Transit Improvements Act, authorizes a city, county, or city and county to adopt a resolution, at any time before or after the adoption of the infrastructure financing plan for an enhanced infrastructure financing district, to allocate, under specified circumstances, tax revenues of that entity to the district, including revenues derived from local sales and use taxes imposed pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law or transactions and use taxes imposed in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 13–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation and Housing] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 961 Allen Senate Third Reading By GABRIEL — 53–25 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB961 Allen et al. Concurrence — 38–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Housing and Community Development] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 6–1 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Allen — primary (person)
Gabriel — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-01-31 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-01 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 3.
2018-02-08 Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and EQ. referral-committee
2018-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-02 Withdrawn from committee.
2018-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2018-04-04 Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and T. & H. referral-committee
2018-04-06 Set for hearing April 18.
2018-04-17 April 18 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-04-18 Set for hearing April 25.
2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4810.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-27 Set for hearing May 1.
2018-05-03 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 4904.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-05-07 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-08 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. referral-committee
2018-05-14 Set for hearing May 22.
2018-05-22 May 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-05-23 Set for hearing May 25.
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 4300.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4346.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-06-14 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. referral-committee
2018-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-08-16 Coauthors revised.
2018-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-24 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-24 Ordered to third reading.
2018-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 6961.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 6135.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2018-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 559, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8aa5fe8d-f310-4a8c-8534-26a074e128bf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).