republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-780.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Government Omnibus Act of 2019."
description: "(1) Existing law requires the governing body of a public agency, within 70 days after the commencement of the agency's legal existence, to file with the Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the secretary, and also with the county clerk of each county in which the public agency maintains an office, a specified statement of facts about the agency. Existing law requires this information to be updated within 10 days of a change in it. Existing law requires the Secretary of State and each county clerk to establish and maintain an indexed Roster of Public Agencies that contains this information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 780"
citation: "California SB 780 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government Omnibus Act of 2019."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governance and Finance"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-28"
last_action: "2019-09-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b3f7e795-3f54-4b29-9dcf-9bce1042eba2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB780"
source_hash: "29b28f589a50d2af72d84e74e65992884a2febf5dd369c43edb41755a9637ce9"
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 780 (20192020) — Local Government Omnibus Act of 2019.

(1) Existing law requires the governing body of a public agency, within 70 days after the commencement of the agency's legal existence, to file with the Secretary of State, on a form prescribed by the secretary, and also with the county clerk of each county in which the public agency maintains an office, a specified statement of facts about the agency. Existing law requires this information to be updated within 10 days of a change in it. Existing law requires the Secretary of State and each county clerk to establish and maintain an indexed Roster of Public Agencies that contains this information.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/28/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB780&version=20190SB78099INT)
2. **04/11/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB780&version=20190SB78098AMD)
3. **07/01/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB780&version=20190SB78097AMD)
4. **08/12/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB780&version=20190SB78096AMD)
5. **09/20/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB780&version=20190SB78094CHP)
6. **SB780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB780)
7. **09/06/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB780&version=20190SB78095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 780 GOV.& F. Consent Calendar Second Day — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB780 GOV. & F. (McGuire) Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB780 GOV. & F. — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-28** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 31.
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-04** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2019-04-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 847.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2019-05-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1059.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-07-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-11** (Received at desk July 10 pursuant to JR 61(a)(10)).
- **2019-08-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-21** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 2911.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2529.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-20** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 329, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b3f7e795-3f54-4b29-9dcf-9bce1042eba2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).