---
type: "Bill"
title: "Housing: joint powers agreement."
description: "The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes 2 of more public agencies to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1403"
citation: "California AB 1403 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing: joint powers agreement."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01140ac6-0027-4346-b4b8-da3e1dc08b28"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1403"
source_hash: "75a73bb545a6a05e53c959dcb4fd7cf948b6f878844fd0083190bf4ad60f356d"
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 1403 (20152016) — Housing: joint powers agreement.

The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes 2 of more public agencies to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1403&version=20150AB140399INT)
2. **04/07/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1403&version=20150AB140398AMD)
3. **06/25/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1403&version=20150AB140397AMD)
4. **08/12/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1403&version=20150AB140395CHP)
5. **AB1403** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1403)
6. **07/15/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1403&version=20150AB140396ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1403 MAIENSCHEIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1403 MAIENSCHEIN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Kim — coauthor (person)
- Olsen — coauthor (person)
- Steinorth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-08** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-29** (action corrected May 4, 2015)
- **2015-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1565.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 16). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1878.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-07-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2356.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 188, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01140ac6-0027-4346-b4b8-da3e1dc08b28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).