republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-128.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community facilities districts: transfer of governance authority."
description: "Existing law, the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, authorizes a local agency, as defined, to initiate proceedings to establish a community facilities district for purposes of financing certain public capital facilities and services, especially in developing areas and areas undergoing rehabilitation. Existing law authorizes the authority for the governance of one or more community facilities districts to be transferred from the jurisdiction of a county to the jurisdiction of a city upon written agreement entered into between the governing boards of the county and the city and satisfaction of certain conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "California SB 128 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community facilities districts: transfer of governance authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-01-22"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49753ad5-20f1-42d1-bc9f-45ee1c6ebca3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB128"
source_hash: "36d733d8dafa60c081e943a5c3b25618d9538de51aa2d3bb67ab7a577c37d8a0"
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 128 (20132014) — Community facilities districts: transfer of governance authority.

Existing law, the Mello-Roos Community Facilities Act of 1982, authorizes a local agency, as defined, to initiate proceedings to establish a community facilities district for purposes of financing certain public capital facilities and services, especially in developing areas and areas undergoing rehabilitation. Existing law authorizes the authority for the governance of one or more community facilities districts to be transferred from the jurisdiction of a county to the jurisdiction of a city upon written agreement entered into between the governing boards of the county and the city and satisfaction of certain conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB128&version=20130SB12899INT)
2. **04/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB128&version=20130SB12898AMD)
3. **05/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB128&version=20130SB12897AMD)
4. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB128&version=20130SB12895CHP)
5. **SB128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB128)
6. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB128&version=20130SB12896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 128 Emmerson Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Education to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emmerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-01-22** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-01-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22.
- **2013-01-31** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-23** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2013-05-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 880.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-20** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 971.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-20** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-03** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-15** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2673.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 206, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49753ad5-20f1-42d1-bc9f-45ee1c6ebca3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).