republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-79.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County road commissioner: Counties of Colusa and Glenn."
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, including authorization for the Board of Supervisors of the County of Merced to transfer the duties of the county road commissioner to the county director of the department of public works."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "California SB 79 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County road commissioner: Counties of Colusa and Glenn."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nielsen"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-15"
last_action: "2021-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5efc56b-013d-449f-8835-416aabb1f5be"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB79"
source_hash: "aa7e954da789a148d078563bb785b0f7d63146fa4d3a76539f82a1cccf759e40"
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 79 (20212022) — County road commissioner: Counties of Colusa and Glenn.

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, including authorization for the Board of Supervisors of the County of Merced to transfer the duties of the county road commissioner to the county director of the department of public works.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/15/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB79&version=20210SB7999INT)
2. **03/07/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB79&version=20210SB7998AMD)
3. **04/19/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB79&version=20210SB7997AMD)
4. **05/27/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB79&version=20210SB7996AMD)
5. **06/28/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB79&version=20210SB7994CHP)
6. **SB79** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB79)
7. **06/22/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB79&version=20210SB7995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB79 Nielsen Urgency Clause Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 79 Nielsen Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Transportation] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar (Urgency Clause) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nielsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-15** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-12-16** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 15.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Set for hearing April 8.
- **2021-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 727.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-16** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2021-04-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 941.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1008.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2017.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-17** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-06-21** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1576.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-06-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 33, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5efc56b-013d-449f-8835-416aabb1f5be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).