---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic development."
description: "(1) Existing law defines specified terms relating to economic development and authorizes the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency and its secretary to expend specified funds."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2749"
citation: "California AB 2749 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic development."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-03-11"
last_action: "2014-07-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/699b8118-dbd6-4a71-8d1e-2aed203ae345"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2749"
source_hash: "b3108e38c4be5e531cf18f642da351b225fff34a615e2a15a0ffc9d6731f09b7"
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 2749 (20132014) — Economic development.

(1) Existing law defines specified terms relating to economic development and authorizes the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency and its secretary to expend specified funds.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/11/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2749&version=20130AB274999INT)
2. **04/10/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2749&version=20130AB274998AMD)
3. **07/16/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2749&version=20130AB274996CHP)
4. **AB2749** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2749)
5. **07/10/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2749&version=20130AB274997ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2749 J., E.D. & E. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2749 Committee on Jobs, Economic Devel — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-03-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-12** From printer. May be heard in committee April 11.
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on J., E.D., & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4969.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-07-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4254.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-07-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-07-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2014-07-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-07-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 132, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/699b8118-dbd6-4a71-8d1e-2aed203ae345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).