---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public agencies: joint powers agencies: meetings."
description: "Public agencies: joint powers agencies: meetings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2782"
citation: "California AB 2782 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public agencies: joint powers agencies: meetings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Benoit"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2004-02-20"
last_action: "2004-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e0de887-f997-47ec-8b62-ba44358133ed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2782"
source_hash: "4e5bbe521f3e61b2f89535f1f45050407a5717b16dc902548d08b72150b2686b"
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 2782 (20032004) — Public agencies: joint powers agencies: meetings.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2782&version=20030AB278299INT)
2. **04/21/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2782&version=20030AB278298AMD)
3. **06/09/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2782&version=20030AB278297AMD)
4. **06/24/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2782&version=20030AB278296AMD)
5. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2782&version=20030AB278295AMD)
6. **09/25/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2782&version=20030AB278293CHP)
7. **AB2782** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2782)
8. **08/25/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2782&version=20030AB278294ENR)

## Votes

- assembly 3rd reading ab2782 benoit by battin — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2782 benoit assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab2782 benoit by battin — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2782 benoit concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Benoit — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 784, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7721.) Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 5. Page 7735.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 5298.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `passage, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2004-08-09** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2004-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-07-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4560.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **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 70. Noes 4. Page 5608.) `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 8. Noes 1.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-21** 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`
- **2004-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2004-02-20** 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/7e0de887-f997-47ec-8b62-ba44358133ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).