republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-825.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Government finance."
description: "(1) Existing law requires a public agency to accept payment for designated obligations by personal check, as specified, and authorizes the public agency to impose a charge not to exceed the agency's actual costs if the check is returned unpaid. Existing law also authorizes a public agency to accept a credit card, debit card, or electronic funds transfer, in payment of these designated obligations subject to approval by the governing body of the agency or other appropriate entity, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 825"
citation: "California SB 825 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government finance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Governance and Finance"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-03-20"
last_action: "2013-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbf063e2-81b2-49ef-87d2-fb935344ba42"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB825"
source_hash: "9589bbc1f963a75d987f311f35bb30806c1ecf056b499f37a67c1b4b3880fa89"
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 825 (20132014) — Government finance.

(1) Existing law requires a public agency to accept payment for designated obligations by personal check, as specified, and authorizes the public agency to impose a charge not to exceed the agency's actual costs if the check is returned unpaid. Existing law also authorizes a public agency to accept a credit card, debit card, or electronic funds transfer, in payment of these designated obligations subject to approval by the governing body of the agency or other appropriate entity, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB825&version=20130SB82599INT)
2. **08/05/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB825&version=20130SB82598AMD)
3. **10/05/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB825&version=20130SB82596CHP)
4. **SB825** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB825)
5. **09/04/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB825&version=20130SB82597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB825 Committee on GOV. & F. (Wolk) Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB825 Committee on GOV. & F. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 825 GOV.& F. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Governance and Finance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-03-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 20.
- **2013-04-03** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2013-05-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 753.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2013-05-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2013-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 948.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-21** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2796.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-03** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2113.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2013-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 607, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbf063e2-81b2-49ef-87d2-fb935344ba42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).