---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency reorganization: Santa Cruz County."
description: "Local agency reorganization: Santa Cruz County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 520"
citation: "California AB 520 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency reorganization: Santa Cruz County."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salinas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-18"
last_action: "2003-07-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf7ce43c-6273-4e3e-a4aa-a0f8683fbe0d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB520"
source_hash: "3ae9928d590f56ae33223ef3ca23827ca215fb7c0b39d08a58d1087a54dd5f89"
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 520 (20032004) — Local agency reorganization: Santa Cruz County.

## 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=200320040AB520&version=20030AB52099INT)
2. **05/13/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB520&version=20030AB52098AMD)
3. **05/28/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB520&version=20030AB52097AMD)
4. **07/07/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB520&version=20030AB52095CHP)
5. **AB520** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB520)
6. **06/19/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB520&version=20030AB52096ENR)

## Votes

- ab 520 salinas assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab520 salinas by mcpherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 520 salinas concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Salinas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 36, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-06-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2003-06-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 2449.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-06-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1350.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-02** (Corrected May 29. )
- **2003-05-28** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-13** 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`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 47. Noes 25. Page 1027.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-17** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-02-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **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/bf7ce43c-6273-4e3e-a4aa-a0f8683fbe0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).