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CA SB 735

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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 735 pass?

Yes. CA SB 735 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-14. Latest recorded action (2025-07-14): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 54, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 735 about?

This bill would enact the First Validating Act of 2025, which would validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state and counties, cities, and specified districts, agencies, and entities. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA SB 735?

Committee on Local Government is the primary sponsor of CA SB 735.

Description

This bill would enact the First Validating Act of 2025, which would validate the organization, boundaries, acts, proceedings, and bonds of the state and counties, cities, and specified districts, agencies, and entities. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-07-14 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 54, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Local Governmentauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  3. 2025-02-24

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.

  4. 2025-03-12

    Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  5. 2025-03-24

    Set for hearing April 2.

  6. 2025-04-03

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 637.) (April 2).

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  7. 2025-04-07

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  8. 2025-04-10

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 750.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  9. 2025-04-10

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  10. 2025-05-12

    Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  11. 2025-06-18

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18).

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  12. 2025-06-19

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  13. 2025-06-27

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2342.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  14. 2025-06-27

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  15. 2025-07-03

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.

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  16. 2025-07-14

    Approved by the Governor.

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  17. 2025-07-14

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 54, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

    2025-04-02 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
  • Consent Calendar 2nd SB735 L. GOV. (Durazo) Urgency Clause

    2025-04-10 · pass · 35-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Seyarto: other
    • Niello: other
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: other
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-06-18 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Ta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ramos: yes
  • SB 735 L.Gov. Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-06-27 · pass · 75-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Davies: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: other
    • Flora: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Pellerin: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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