republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-977.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County of San Luis Obispo Redistricting Commission."
description: "Existing law requires the board of supervisors of each county, following each decennial federal census, and using that census as a basis, to adjust the boundaries of any or all of the supervisorial districts of the county so that the districts are as nearly equal in population as possible and comply with applicable federal law, and specifies the procedures the board of supervisors must follow in adjusting those boundaries. Existing law establishes redistricting commissions in certain counties, and charges them with adjusting the supervisorial district boundaries for those counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 977"
citation: "California SB 977 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County of San Luis Obispo Redistricting Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e6b6446-4621-4013-a092-2c283b0f883d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB977"
source_hash: "667f5c06fb37617717367f1ecb025fd7cc44a362272c7de0eedd5f2fccfa27af"
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 977 (20232024) — County of San Luis Obispo Redistricting Commission.

Existing law requires the board of supervisors of each county, following each decennial federal census, and using that census as a basis, to adjust the boundaries of any or all of the supervisorial districts of the county so that the districts are as nearly equal in population as possible and comply with applicable federal law, and specifies the procedures the board of supervisors must follow in adjusting those boundaries. Existing law establishes redistricting commissions in certain counties, and charges them with adjusting the supervisorial district boundaries for those counties.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/29/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB977&version=20230SB97799INT)
2. **03/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB977&version=20230SB97798AMD)
3. **04/23/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB977&version=20230SB97797AMD)
4. **05/16/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB977&version=20230SB97796AMD)
5. **06/13/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB977&version=20230SB97795AMD)
6. **09/22/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB977&version=20230SB97793CHP)
7. **SB977** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB977)
8. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB977&version=20230SB97794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB977 Laird et al. Concurrence — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB977 Laird et al. — **31–8** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- SB 977 Laird Senate Third Reading By Addis — **60–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)
- Addis — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-30** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 29.
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Re-referred to Coms. on E. & C.A. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2024-04-10** Set for hearing April 17 in L. GOV. pending receipt.
- **2024-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 3630.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-22** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3663.) (April 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** May 6 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-10** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3966.) (May 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 4075.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-28** Referred to Coms. on ELECTIONS and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 6545.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-26** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-27** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5511.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 450, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e6b6446-4621-4013-a092-2c283b0f883d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).