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SB 344 — State and local governments: public finance.
Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 3, Statutes of 2008.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed Assembly
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2007-2008 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Bill Text
- Chaptered 03/26/08 - Chaptered Current pdf March 26, 2008
- Enrolled 03/24/08 - Enrolled pdf March 24, 2008
- Amended 03/06/08 - Amended Assembly pdf March 06, 2008
- Amended 03/03/08 - Amended Assembly pdf March 03, 2008
- Amended 06/04/07 - Amended Senate pdf June 04, 2007
- Amended 05/01/07 - Amended Senate pdf May 01, 2007
- Amended 04/09/07 - Amended Senate pdf April 09, 2007
- Introduced 02/20/07 - Introduced pdf February 20, 2007
- SB344 View text html
Action History
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Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 3, Statutes of 2008.
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Approved by Governor.
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Enrolled. To Governor at 4 p.m.
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Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 3147.) To enrollment.
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Urgency clause adopted.
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From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3108.)
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From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3107.) Re-referred to Com. on B., F. & I.
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Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10.
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In Senate. To unfinished business.
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Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 4202.) To Senate.
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Read second time. To third reading.
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Read second time. Amended. To second reading.
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From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.)
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From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
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Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
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(Received July 13 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(a)(10).)
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From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
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To Standing Committee on Education.
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In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 1284.) To Assembly.
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From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 6. Page 1213.) Read second time. Amended. To third reading.
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Set for hearing May 31.
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Placed on Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file.
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Set for hearing May 21.
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Hearing postponed by committee.
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Set for hearing May 14.
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Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.
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From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 770.).
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Set for hearing April 26.
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Placed on Standing Committee on Education suspense file.
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Set for hearing April 18.
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From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education.
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To Standing Committee on Education.
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From print. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
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Introduced. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. To print.
Sponsors
- Machado · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Machado
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (121)
121 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 121 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 33 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 34 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| % of votes cast | 83% | 2% | 0% | 15% |
How each member voted (41)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Cogdill | — | Yea |
| Ackerman | — | Yea |
| Battin | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Not Voting |
| Kuehl | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Machado | — | Yea |
| Margett | — | Yea |
| Migden | — | Yea |
| Negrete | — | Yea |
| Perata | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Scott | — | Yea |
| Vincent | — | Yea |
| McClintock | — | Nay |
| Harman | — | Yea |
| Hollingsworth | — | Not Voting |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Oropeza | — | Not Voting |
| Ducheny | — | Yea |
| Dutton | — | Not Voting |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Not Voting |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Denham | — | Yea |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 82% | 0% | 0% | 18% |
How each member voted (11)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Machado | — | Yea |
| Margett | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Not Voting |
| Scott | — | Not Voting |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Hollingsworth | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Yea |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 67 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| Democratic | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 74 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 86% | 3% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (86)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Yea |
| Aghazarian | — | Yea |
| Duvall | — | Yea |
| Berg | — | Yea |
| Charles | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| Leon | — | Yea |
| Dymally | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Garcia | — | Yea |
| Horton | — | Yea |
| Houston | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Lieber | — | Yea |
| Nakanishi | — | Yea |
| Parra | — | Yea |
| Plescia | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Sharon | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Saldana | — | Yea |
| Maze | — | Nay |
| De | — | Not Voting |
| La | — | Not Voting |
| Torre | — | Not Voting |
| Keene | — | Not Voting |
| Soto | — | Not Voting |
| Spitzer | — | Not Voting |
| Nunez | — | Not Voting |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Nay |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Yea |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Ruskin | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Tran | — | Yea |
| Villines | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Adams | — | Yea |
| Anderson | — | Not Voting |
| Bass | — | Yea |
| Benoit | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Yea |
| Nava | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Yea |
| Torrico | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Coto | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| DeVore | — | Nay |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Not Voting |
| La Malfa | — | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Laird, John | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Niello, Roger W. | Republican | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 16 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (19)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Furutani | — | Not Voting |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Krekorian | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Nakanishi | — | Yea |
| Sharon | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Lieu | — | Not Voting |
| Nava | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| La Malfa | — | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (10)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Eng | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Karnette | — | Yea |
| Nakanishi | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| Coto | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 24 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 27 | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 66% | 32% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (41)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Harman | — | Nay |
| Hollingsworth | — | Nay |
| Wyland | — | Nay |
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Kuehl | — | Yea |
| Machado | — | Yea |
| Migden | — | Yea |
| Negrete | — | Yea |
| Perata | — | Yea |
| Scott | — | Yea |
| Vincent | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Ackerman | — | Nay |
| Ducheny | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Oropeza | — | Yea |
| Margett | — | Nay |
| McClintock | — | Nay |
| Runner | — | Nay |
| Battin | — | Not Voting |
| Dutton | — | Nay |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Nay |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Nay |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Cogdill | — | Nay |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Nay |
| Denham | — | Nay |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Lowenthal, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 59% | 35% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (17)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Wyland | — | Nay |
| Kuehl | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Nay |
| Battin | — | Not Voting |
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Nay |
| Dutton | — | Nay |
| Aanestad | — | Nay |
| Oropeza | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Nay |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 94% | 0% | 0% | 6% |
How each member voted (17)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Battin | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Kuehl | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Dutton | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Yea |
| Oropeza | — | Not Voting |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Yea |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| % of votes cast | 56% | 11% | 0% | 33% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Wyland | — | Not Voting |
| Scott | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Not Voting |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Not Voting |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Denham | — | Nay |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
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