---
type: "Bill"
title: "State government: international relations."
description: "Existing law requires the California-Mexico Border Relations Council to, among other things, coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to cross-border programs, initiatives, projects, and partnerships that exist within state government."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 690"
citation: "California AB 690 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State government: international relations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campos"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-21"
last_action: "2014-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67b1ab91-6b6d-46c1-a50c-b3c2c4958cab"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB690"
source_hash: "235a83a30f1aca1d9eda6c18774a9e344504006d4f64d52b14f974d48bc71897"
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 690 (20132014) — State government: international relations.

Existing law requires the California-Mexico Border Relations Council to, among other things, coordinate activities of state agencies that are related to cross-border programs, initiatives, projects, and partnerships that exist within state government.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB690&version=20130AB69099INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB690&version=20130AB69096AMD)
3. **01/23/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB690&version=20130AB69095AMD)
4. **04/09/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB690&version=20130AB69098AMD)
5. **06/30/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB690&version=20130AB69094AMD)
6. **08/11/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB690&version=20130AB69093AMD)
7. **09/11/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB690&version=20130AB69097AMD)
8. **09/28/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB690&version=20130AB69091CHP)
9. **AB690** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB690)
10. **08/21/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB690&version=20130AB69092ENR)

## Votes

- Be referred to Committee on Jobs, Economic Development and The Economy. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 690 CAMPOS Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 690 CAMPOS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB690 Campos By Hueso — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campos — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Daly — coauthor (person)
- Fox — coauthor (person)
- Linder — coauthor (person)
- Medina — author (person)
- V. Manuel Pérez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-10** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2013-09-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-12** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 6). Re-referred to Com. on J., E.D., & E. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-21** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-22** Pass and retain by unanimous consent.
- **2014-01-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3715.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-11** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4464.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6175.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 716, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67b1ab91-6b6d-46c1-a50c-b3c2c4958cab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).