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type: "Bill"
title: "Validations."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 879"
citation: "California SB 879 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Validations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governance and Finance"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78b08337-6f67-44db-bb61-c5742d2f1b42"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB879"
source_hash: "f6bae4426ea82c8ca2a8c565be3d6a03858a671530e28f67649f36470e5833c8"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB879&version=20230SB87999INT)
2. **06/29/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB879&version=20230SB87997CHP)
3. **SB879** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB879)
4. **06/16/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB879&version=20230SB87998ENR)
## Votes
- SB 879 Governance and Finance Consent Calendar Second Day — **740** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **80** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB879 GOV. & F. (Caballero) Urgency Clause — **360** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **80** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78b08337-6f67-44db-bb61-c5742d2f1b42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).