---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency formation."
description: "Local agency formation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2306"
citation: "California AB 2306 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency formation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richman"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5ece16a-9380-4f15-9687-640613423010"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2306"
source_hash: "bce864574e2ed7c2dcfddafdfe4b55ec595dda4c75f99e0aec4120796131c181"
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 2306 (20032004) — Local agency formation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2306&version=20030AB230699INT)
2. **04/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2306&version=20030AB230698AMD)
3. **04/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2306&version=20030AB230697AMD)
4. **06/08/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2306&version=20030AB230696AMD)
5. **08/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2306&version=20030AB230695AMD)
6. **08/19/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2306&version=20030AB230694AMD)
7. **09/27/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2306&version=20030AB230692CHP)
8. **AB2306** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2306)
9. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2306&version=20030AB230693ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2306 richman assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2306 richman by perata — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Richman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 805, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7802.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7843.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 5353.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-08** 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. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5607.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-22** 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`
- **2004-04-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government 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`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** 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/d5ece16a-9380-4f15-9687-640613423010`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).