---
type: "Bill"
title: "Economic development subsidies: review by local agencies."
description: "Existing law provides for various programs for economic development activities by state and local agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 562"
citation: "California AB 562 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic development subsidies: review by local agencies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Williams"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0465057b-7c9a-4cbf-9755-f3eb39eae184"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB562"
source_hash: "2a6d853e28c5c5795817ddfd43f5a7ed76368e1f491273b3f1d7aaf70ba8f8c6"
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 562 (20132014) — Economic development subsidies: review by local agencies.

Existing law provides for various programs for economic development activities by state and local agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB562&version=20130AB56299INT)
2. **05/20/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB562&version=20130AB56298AMD)
3. **07/02/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB562&version=20130AB56297AMD)
4. **08/15/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB562&version=20130AB56296AMD)
5. **10/11/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB562&version=20130AB56294CHP)
6. **AB562** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB562)
7. **09/05/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB562&version=20130AB56295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 562 WILLIAMS Assembly Third Reading — **49–19** (pass) · lower
- AB 562 WILLIAMS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **50–23** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB562 Williams By Hueso — **23–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1510.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 19. Page 1555.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 1984.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 23. Page 2774.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 740, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0465057b-7c9a-4cbf-9755-f3eb39eae184`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).