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SB 735 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Validations.

Summary
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.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jul 2025
Introduced Feb 21, 2025 Signed Jul 14, 2025
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What changed between versions

07/01/25 - Enrolled → 07/14/25 - Chaptered · 3 edits · Jul 14, 2025
MINOR
This diff reflects the transition of SB 735 from its enrolled bill form to its chaptered law form (Chapter 54) after gubernatorial approval on July 14, 2025. No substantive policy changes were made; all differences are formatting and administrative in nature, including updated headers, page numbering, and the addition of the governor's signature.
TECHNICAL

Header changed from enrolled bill format (Senate Bill No. 735 with passage dates) to chaptered law format (Chapter 54, State of California Authenticated Electronic Legal Material).

Governor's approval date filled in as July 14, 2025, and filing date with Secretary of State noted as July 14, 2025.

Page numbering changed from 'SB 735' format to 'Ch. 54' format throughout the document.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 10, 2025 · Assembly Jun 27, 2025

How they voted

35–0
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 40
Apr 10, 2025
D Democratic30
28 Yea 2
93% Yea
R Republican10
7 Yea 3
70% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
19
Key actions
8
Committee
5
Amendments
2
Jul 14, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Jun 27, 2025
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (75-0-4)
assembly
Jun 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Jun 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2342.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jun 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18).
lower
May 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (35-0-5)
senate
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 750.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Apr 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 637.) (April 2).
upper
Mar 12, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
upper
Feb 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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