---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint powers agreement: public agencies."
description: "Joint powers agreement: public agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1172"
citation: "California AB 1172 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joint powers agreement: public agencies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eec63a34-6389-4555-8a69-2db524972473"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1172"
source_hash: "d3798a03231163ccb1ec85516cf892e16a52c3c1ff466650212c5180e99cc05e"
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 1172 (20032004) — Joint powers agreement: public agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1172&version=20030AB117299INT)
2. **04/10/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1172&version=20030AB117298AMD)
3. **05/05/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1172&version=20030AB117297AMD)
4. **07/07/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1172&version=20030AB117295CHP)
5. **AB1172** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1172)
6. **06/24/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1172&version=20030AB117296ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- consent calendar 2nd ab1172 berg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1172 berg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Berg — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 39, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-06-26** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1455.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-18** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1555.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eec63a34-6389-4555-8a69-2db524972473`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).