---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency formation."
description: "Local agency formation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 518"
citation: "California AB 518 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency formation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48297ab3-7852-4484-82c2-3dd9f39db5f3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB518"
source_hash: "da3887565d902046c4579ff5af6f4890b6f0885b916d8206ee64712f7f337ab3"
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 518 (20032004) — Local agency formation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB518&version=20030AB51899INT)
2. **04/03/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB518&version=20030AB51898AMD)
3. **06/11/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB518&version=20030AB51897AMD)
4. **07/02/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB518&version=20030AB51896AMD)
5. **08/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB518&version=20030AB51894CHP)
6. **AB518** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB518)
7. **07/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB518&version=20030AB51895ENR)

## Votes

- ab 518 salinas concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 518 salinas consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, but re-refer to the committee on housing and community development recommend consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- special consent #19 ab518 salinas — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 176, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2003-07-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2845.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1827.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-03** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-02** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-24** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2003-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-11** 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`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1714.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-03** 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`
- **2003-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2003-02-18** 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/48297ab3-7852-4484-82c2-3dd9f39db5f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).