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Bill	Validations.	This bill would enact the Second Validating Act of 2023, which would validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state and counties, cities, and specified districts, agencies, and entities.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 879	California SB 879 (20232024)	bill	Validations	enacted	Committee on Governance and Finance	4	16	4	2023-02-17	2023-06-29	openstates	ocd-bill/78b08337-6f67-44db-bb61-c5742d2f1b42	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB879	f6bae4426ea82c8ca2a8c565be3d6a03858a671530e28f67649f36470e5833c8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 879 (20232024) — Validations.

This bill would enact the Second Validating Act of 2023, which would validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state and counties, cities, and specified districts, agencies, and entities.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/29/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB879 (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/16/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 879 Governance and Finance Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar SB879 GOV. & F. (Caballero) Urgency Clause — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (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 Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2023-03-14 Set for hearing March 29.
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 574.) (March 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-30 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-13 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 699.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-04-17 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-05-04 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. 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 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2264.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-06-15 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2023-06-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2023-06-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-06-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 31, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/78b08337-6f67-44db-bb61-c5742d2f1b42. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).