---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District: return of improperly collected money."
description: "Existing law authorizes the formation of a fire protection district and further authorizes an established district to raise revenues, including, but not limited to, levying assessments for fire suppression services pursuant to a specified procedure. Existing law also authorizes a district to charge fees to cover the costs of providing certain services or enforcing certain regulations and to waive those fees under specified conditions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1053"
citation: "California AB 1053 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District: return of improperly collected money."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7bb523bf-eec0-4a8c-83d3-f2bc56bd6977"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1053"
source_hash: "e90988b3367958870f08ed523215332bf5b69875056028adb873ff0c8eac94c5"
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 1053 (20132014) — Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District: return of improperly collected money.

Existing law authorizes the formation of a fire protection district and further authorizes an established district to raise revenues, including, but not limited to, levying assessments for fire suppression services pursuant to a specified procedure. Existing law also authorizes a district to charge fees to cover the costs of providing certain services or enforcing certain regulations and to waive those fees under specified conditions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1053&version=20130AB105399INT)
2. **04/07/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1053&version=20130AB105398AMD)
3. **05/01/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1053&version=20130AB105397AMD)
4. **05/29/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1053&version=20130AB105395CHP)
5. **AB1053** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1053)
6. **05/20/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1053&version=20130AB105396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1053 Cooley By Berryhill Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- amendments be concurred in. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1053 COOLEY Concurrence - Urgency Added — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1053 COOLEY Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cooley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-07** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1478.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on INS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-08** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3362.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-05-08** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-12** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4873.)
- **2014-05-15** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage`
- **2014-05-19** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4992.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2014-05-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 17, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7bb523bf-eec0-4a8c-83d3-f2bc56bd6977`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).