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Yes: 177 • No: 0
CaliforniaSB 8582025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Local Government Omnibus Act of 2025.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
7 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
Local funds can buy public bank debt
Cities, counties, and local districts may invest in commercial paper, debt, or other obligations of a public bank. These investments must follow all existing investment limits and safeguards for local agencies.
Bidding rules for Vallejo wastewater projects
For the Vallejo Flood and Wastewater District, work over $4,000 must be bid to the lowest responsible bidder. The district must publish notice and post it for at least five days before opening bids. The board may reject bids and use day labor or buy on the open market if that is cheaper.
Clear timelines for district hearings and vacancies
After a commission resolution, the executive officer must set the hearing within 35 days and give notice. Most hearings must be 21 to 60 days after notice. A subsidiary district hearing must be 90 to 135 days after notice, and a commission-started dissolution must be 60 to 90 days after notice. For board vacancies, remaining members have 60 days to appoint or call a special election. An appointee serves until the next general election at least 90 days after the vacancy. If not filled in time, county supervisors may appoint within 90 days or order an election, and the district must call a special election if it remains unfilled.
Kern and Nevada appoint election registrars
In Kern and Nevada counties, the board of supervisors may appoint a registrar of voters. The county clerk is not the registrar there. The appointed registrar performs all duties of the county elections official.
Local governments can use e-signatures
Boards may authorize the chair to use facsimile, electronic, or digital signatures. County and city clerks may presume compliant e-signatures on ordinances are genuine. A county recorder can record a document when the clerk certifies the signer and delivery of a copy to the chair. Agencies may store records on trusted systems that do not allow changes, and those copies count as originals. Reproduced personal signatures are allowed when feasible, and e-signed copies are authenticated if made by a trusted system or follow the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. Facsimile signatures placed before November 23, 1970 remain valid.
Up to 99-year leases for sports sites
Cities and counties can lease public property for up to 99 years for stadiums, parks, fairs, exhibitions, and sports uses. For territory annexed on or after April 24, 2002, leases cannot include shopping centers, hotels, motels, or lodging houses. They may include dorms or medical facilities for participants, and food or incidental sales.
Short window to challenge tax districts
Any lawsuit to challenge creating a district or adopting a downtown financing plan must be filed within 30 days of the resolution. Challenges about dividing taxes may also be filed under Chapter 9 of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Allocations and payments to a district under these plans are not treated as tax proceeds under the state spending limit.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 8/29/2025
Item 287 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 37 • No: 0
House vote • 8/21/2025
Item 156 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 77 • No: 0
legislature vote • 7/16/2025
Vote in CX15
Yes: 10 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/15/2025
Item 135 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 34 • No: 0
legislature vote • 5/6/2025
Vote in CS53
Yes: 12 • No: 0
legislature vote • 4/23/2025
Vote in CS82
Yes: 7 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 242, Statutes of 2025.
10/1/2025SenateApproved by the Governor.
10/1/2025legislatureEnrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
9/5/2025legislatureAssembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2288.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
8/29/2025SenateOrdered to special consent calendar.
8/27/2025SenateIn Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
8/21/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2706.) Ordered to the Senate.
8/21/2025HouseRead second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
8/18/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16).
7/17/2025HouseFrom committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
7/8/2025HouseReferred to Com. on L. GOV.
5/29/2025HouseIn Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
5/15/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1090.) Ordered to the Assembly.
5/15/2025SenateRead second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
5/8/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1027.) (May 6).
5/7/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 872.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
4/23/2025SenateSet for hearing May 6 in JUD. pending receipt.
4/7/2025SenateSet for hearing April 23.
4/7/2025SenateApril 30 hearing postponed by committee.
4/7/2025SenateSet for hearing April 30.
3/24/2025SenateReferred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD.
3/19/2025SenateFrom printer. May be acted upon on or after April 12.
3/13/2025SenateIntroduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
3/12/2025Senate
Bill Text
Chaptered
10/1/2025
Enrolled
9/2/2025
Amended Assembly
7/8/2025
Introduced
3/12/2025