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type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: local bond measures: tax rate statement."
description: "Existing law requires local governments, when submitting a measure for voter approval for the issuance of bonds that will be secured by an ad valorem tax, to provide voters a statement that includes estimates of the tax rates required to fund the bonds. Under existing law, the estimated tax rate is expressed as the rate per $100 of assessed valuation on all property to be taxed to fund the bonds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 798"
citation: "California SB 798 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections", "local bond measures", "tax rate statement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Glazer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/252598e5-120f-4c4b-b10f-0ab9aacd0ef8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB798"
source_hash: "65daaefaf772b45aa908c5e99f06c22dad1b4440215e4e56ebce2aee44b02cec"
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 798 (20232024) — Elections: local bond measures: tax rate statement.
Existing law requires local governments, when submitting a measure for voter approval for the issuance of bonds that will be secured by an ad valorem tax, to provide voters a statement that includes estimates of the tax rates required to fund the bonds. Under existing law, the estimated tax rate is expressed as the rate per $100 of assessed valuation on all property to be taxed to fund the bonds.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB798&version=20230SB79899INT)
2. **10/10/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB798&version=20230SB79897CHP)
3. **SB798** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB798)
4. **09/08/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB798&version=20230SB79898ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **80** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Elections and Constitutional Amendments] — **80** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB798 Glazer et al. — **370** (pass) · upper
- SB 798 Glazer Senate Third Reading By Pellerin — **790** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Glazer — primary (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2023-03-01** Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2023-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E. & C.A. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 574.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 792.) (April 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 960.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to Com. on ELECTIONS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-07** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-06-15** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Reyes.
- **2023-06-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2955.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-06** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2023-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2023-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 720, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/252598e5-120f-4c4b-b10f-0ab9aacd0ef8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).