---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency formation."
description: "Local agency formation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 720"
citation: "California AB 720 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency formation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Local Government"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86355820-6ab6-428a-9c9b-1984220c2b7f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB720"
source_hash: "00642bdb148273595d6a479769dce31cd72df322acb9dbfcb7ee32ea5eedc749"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 720 (20012002) — Local agency formation.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB720&version=20010AB72099INT)
2. **05/03/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB720&version=20010AB72098AMD)
3. **05/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB720&version=20010AB72097AMD)
4. **06/21/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB720&version=20010AB72096AMD)
5. **08/20/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB720&version=20010AB72095AMD)
6. **08/23/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB720&version=20010AB72094AMD)
7. **10/01/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB720&version=20010AB72092CHP)
8. **AB720** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB720)
9. **09/10/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB720&version=20010AB72093ENR)

## Votes

- AB 720 L. GOV. Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB720 Committee on Local Gov (Wiggins) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 720 L. GOV. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 388, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2001-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3666.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-09-04** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2565.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-23** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-07-20** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **2001-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2015.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Burton. Reconsideration granted. (Page 2016.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-13** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1799.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86355820-6ab6-428a-9c9b-1984220c2b7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).