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    SB-735
    Government Operations

    Validations.

    Enrolled
    CA
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    2025-2026 Regular Session
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    Key Takeaways

    • Validates the legal status and actions of California's public agencies and local government bodies.
    • Confirms all previously issued bonds and financial obligations as legally binding.
    • Establishes a six-month deadline to challenge any validated government actions.
    • Takes effect immediately as an urgency measure to ensure prompt validation of public entities.

    Summary

    The California Senate Committee on Local Government has put forward legislation to validate the organizational structure, boundaries, and financial instruments of the state's public bodies, encompassing state departments, counties, cities, and various special districts. The First Validating Act of 2025 confirms the legal status of existing public entities and their prior actions, while establishing a six-month window for challenging these validations.

    The legislation applies to a broad spectrum of public bodies, from state agencies to specialized local districts, though it specifically excludes certain community redevelopment agencies. It validates previously issued bonds and financial instruments, confirming them as legally binding obligations. The act also ratifies past decisions regarding annexations, boundary changes, consolidations, and dissolutions of public entities, provided they fall within constitutional parameters.

    The bill includes specific limitations on its scope, excluding matters currently under legal challenge and contracts between public bodies and the United States. For assessment and taxation purposes, boundary changes or new entity formations remain subject to existing filing requirements under the Government Code. As an urgency measure, the act takes effect immediately upon enactment to ensure prompt validation of public bodies' operations and financial commitments.

    Key Dates

    Vote on Assembly Floor
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    SB 735 L.Gov. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
    Assembly Local Government Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Local Government Hearing
    Do pass. To Consent Calendar
    Vote on Senate Floor
    Senate Floor
    Vote on Senate Floor
    Consent Calendar 2nd SB735 L. GOV. (Durazo) Urgency Clause
    Senate Local Government Hearing
    Senate Committee
    Senate Local Government Hearing
    Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
    Introduced
    Senate Floor
    Introduced
    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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    70% progression
    Bill has passed both houses in identical form and is being prepared for the Governor (6/27/2025)

    Latest Voting History

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    June 27, 2025
    PASS
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
    750479PASS

    Key Takeaways

    • Validates the legal status and actions of California's public agencies and local government bodies.
    • Confirms all previously issued bonds and financial obligations as legally binding.
    • Establishes a six-month deadline to challenge any validated government actions.
    • Takes effect immediately as an urgency measure to ensure prompt validation of public entities.

    Get Involved

    Act Now!

    Email the authors or create an email template to send to all relevant legislators.

    Summary

    The California Senate Committee on Local Government has put forward legislation to validate the organizational structure, boundaries, and financial instruments of the state's public bodies, encompassing state departments, counties, cities, and various special districts. The First Validating Act of 2025 confirms the legal status of existing public entities and their prior actions, while establishing a six-month window for challenging these validations.

    The legislation applies to a broad spectrum of public bodies, from state agencies to specialized local districts, though it specifically excludes certain community redevelopment agencies. It validates previously issued bonds and financial instruments, confirming them as legally binding obligations. The act also ratifies past decisions regarding annexations, boundary changes, consolidations, and dissolutions of public entities, provided they fall within constitutional parameters.

    The bill includes specific limitations on its scope, excluding matters currently under legal challenge and contracts between public bodies and the United States. For assessment and taxation purposes, boundary changes or new entity formations remain subject to existing filing requirements under the Government Code. As an urgency measure, the act takes effect immediately upon enactment to ensure prompt validation of public bodies' operations and financial commitments.

    70% progression
    Bill has passed both houses in identical form and is being prepared for the Governor (6/27/2025)

    Key Dates

    Vote on Assembly Floor
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    SB 735 L.Gov. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
    Assembly Local Government Hearing
    Assembly Committee
    Assembly Local Government Hearing
    Do pass. To Consent Calendar
    Vote on Senate Floor
    Senate Floor
    Vote on Senate Floor
    Consent Calendar 2nd SB735 L. GOV. (Durazo) Urgency Clause
    Senate Local Government Hearing
    Senate Committee
    Senate Local Government Hearing
    Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
    Introduced
    Senate Floor
    Introduced
    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    Latest Voting History

    View History
    June 27, 2025
    PASS
    Assembly Floor
    Vote on Assembly Floor
    AyesNoesNVRTotalResult
    750479PASS

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    Similar Past Legislation

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    February 2025
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    February 2024
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    February 2024
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    February 2024
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    February 2023
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    February 2023
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    February 2023
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