republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-414.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: county regional justice facilities."
description: "Existing law, the San Joaquin County Regional Justice Facility Financing Act, establishes the San Joaquin County Regional Justice Facility Financing Agency; specifies members of a board of directors of the agency; provides that the agency may adopt a seal, may sue or be sued, may enter into contracts, as provided, and may do all necessary things to carry out the purposes of the Act; provides that the county is required to provide all reasonable staff for the agency; provides the powers of the agency, as specified; and authorizes the agency to approve a retail transactions and use tax ordinance of 0.5% and to call an election at the initial or a subsequent meeting called by the board of supervisors for that purpose, as specified. The Act specifies the procedure for adoption of the retail and use tax ordinance, specifies language of the ordinance, outlines the election procedure for adoption of the tax ordinance, specifies when the ordinance becomes operative, and provides that all local sales or transactions and use taxes shall not exceed 2.25%. The Act authorizes the agency to seek authorization to issue bonds, as specified, payable from the proceeds of the tax and establish the appropriations limit of the agency, as provided. The Act provides for the maximum bonded indebtedness which may be outstanding. The Act provides the procedure by which the validity of the adoption of the ordinance or the issuance of any bonds must be contested."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 414"
citation: "California AB 414 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: county regional justice facilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-03"
last_action: "2021-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01c5c4ae-9658-4ac0-b31e-854d0306f9de"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB414"
source_hash: "b7970f9c7a04c5374e6f65380bd8da2a5d20c23fca9e1dfcd04f8c5f68d1abd4"
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 AB 414 (20212022) — Local government: county regional justice facilities.

Existing law, the San Joaquin County Regional Justice Facility Financing Act, establishes the San Joaquin County Regional Justice Facility Financing Agency; specifies members of a board of directors of the agency; provides that the agency may adopt a seal, may sue or be sued, may enter into contracts, as provided, and may do all necessary things to carry out the purposes of the Act; provides that the county is required to provide all reasonable staff for the agency; provides the powers of the agency, as specified; and authorizes the agency to approve a retail transactions and use tax ordinance of 0.5% and to call an election at the initial or a subsequent meeting called by the board of supervisors for that purpose, as specified. The Act specifies the procedure for adoption of the retail and use tax ordinance, specifies language of the ordinance, outlines the election procedure for adoption of the tax ordinance, specifies when the ordinance becomes operative, and provides that all local sales or transactions and use taxes shall not exceed 2.25%. The Act authorizes the agency to seek authorization to issue bonds, as specified, payable from the proceeds of the tax and establish the appropriations limit of the agency, as provided. The Act provides for the maximum bonded indebtedness which may be outstanding. The Act provides the procedure by which the validity of the adoption of the ordinance or the issuance of any bonds must be contested.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/03/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB414&version=20210AB41499INT)
2. **04/06/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB414&version=20210AB41498AMD)
3. **07/23/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB414&version=20210AB41496CHP)
4. **AB414** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB414)
5. **07/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB414&version=20210AB41497ENR)

## Votes

- AB 414 Maienschein Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB414 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-19** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1156.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-12** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-05** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-07-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1907.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-07-12** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2021-07-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2021-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 117, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01c5c4ae-9658-4ac0-b31e-854d0306f9de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).