republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-858.md

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Bill	Local Government Omnibus Act of 2025.	(1) Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors, by resolution, to authorize the use of a facsimile signature of the chairperson of the board on all papers, documents, or instruments requiring the signature of the chairperson, as provided, if certain requirements are met relating to the personal signature of the chairperson. Under existing law, if those requirements are met, the papers, documents, or instruments bearing the facsimile signature are accorded the same force and effect as though personally signed by the chairperson.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 858	California SB 858 (20252026)	bill	LocalGovernmentOmnibusActof2025	enacted	Committee on Local Government	5	23	6	2025-03-12	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b131981a-8e99-4d29-9ac4-9c45e1bd6707	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB858	30cf38fad351482cee1c4d2d8be46bd36b12765148021dc2ab8d1910204fa8e5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 858 (20252026) — Local Government Omnibus Act of 2025.

(1) Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors, by resolution, to authorize the use of a facsimile signature of the chairperson of the board on all papers, documents, or instruments requiring the signature of the chairperson, as provided, if certain requirements are met relating to the personal signature of the chairperson. Under existing law, if those requirements are met, the papers, documents, or instruments bearing the facsimile signature are accorded the same force and effect as though personally signed by the chairperson.

Version chain

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

1. 03/12/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/08/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB858 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/02/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 858 L.Gov. Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd SB858 L. GOV. — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent SB858 L. GOV. — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Local Government — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-12 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-03-13 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 12.
• 2025-03-19 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 Set for hearing April 30.
• 2025-04-07 April 30 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-04-07 Set for hearing April 23.
• 2025-04-07 Set for hearing May 6 in JUD. pending receipt.
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 872.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1027.) (May 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1090.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-05-29 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2025-07-08 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
• 2025-07-17 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-08-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2706.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-08-21 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2025-08-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-08-29 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2288.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 242, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b131981a-8e99-4d29-9ac4-9c45e1bd6707. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).