---
type: "Bill"
title: "County auditor: audits: special districts."
description: "Existing law requires the county auditor to either perform an audit, or contract with a certified public accountant or public accountant to perform an audit, of the accounts and records of every special district within the county, as specified. Existing law authorizes a special district, by unanimous request of its governing board and unanimous approval by the board of supervisors, to replace the annual audit with an audit over a longer period of time or with a financial review, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2613"
citation: "California AB 2613 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County auditor: audits: special districts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achadjian"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/972df3ab-1e16-42d3-ac18-40604a990836"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2613"
source_hash: "eeba0edcf5dbba970a024339337305d7e482a02f073b65c78370719fa90bc5ae"
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 2613 (20152016) — County auditor: audits: special districts.

Existing law requires the county auditor to either perform an audit, or contract with a certified public accountant or public accountant to perform an audit, of the accounts and records of every special district within the county, as specified. Existing law authorizes a special district, by unanimous request of its governing board and unanimous approval by the board of supervisors, to replace the annual audit with an audit over a longer period of time or with a financial review, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2613&version=20150AB261399INT)
2. **05/02/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2613&version=20150AB261398AMD)
3. **06/08/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2613&version=20150AB261397AMD)
4. **06/21/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2613&version=20150AB261396AMD)
5. **08/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2613&version=20150AB261394CHP)
6. **AB2613** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2613)
7. **08/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2613&version=20150AB261395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2613 ACHADJIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2613 Achadjian By Monning — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2613 ACHADJIAN Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Achadjian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4680.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-08** 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`
- **2016-06-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4729.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5702.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 164, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/972df3ab-1e16-42d3-ac18-40604a990836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).