---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint powers authorities: common powers."
description: "Existing law provides that 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, may form a joint powers authority to exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2170"
citation: "California AB 2170 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joint powers authorities: common powers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mullin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd43039d-9837-4774-8f2d-9aea98ccf4f8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2170"
source_hash: "22813d51aa923c0babbf399092777a442fe031e9760418cafe44bb98d1995399"
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 2170 (20132014) — Joint powers authorities: common powers.

Existing law provides that 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, may form a joint powers authority to exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2170&version=20130AB217099INT)
2. **06/17/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2170&version=20130AB217098AMD)
3. **09/17/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2170&version=20130AB217096CHP)
4. **AB2170** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2170)
5. **08/18/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2170&version=20130AB217097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2170 MULLIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **48–29** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 2170 MULLIN Assembly Third Reading — **44–26** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2170 Mullin By Beall — **21–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mullin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 26. Page 4640.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-16** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 4423.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 48. Noes 29. Page 2170.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 386, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd43039d-9837-4774-8f2d-9aea98ccf4f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).