---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint powers authorities: self-insurance."
description: "Joint powers authorities: self-insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2078"
citation: "California AB 2078 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joint powers authorities: self-insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelley"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-19"
last_action: "2002-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/649af9da-25fb-4a74-bb0f-1fc4f63c0c2e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2078"
source_hash: "ef3c1bdcf6f97c25a3bc39ce80dc2830ead9303c768ae991b3be8483eb839cf9"
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 2078 (20012002) — Joint powers authorities: self-insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2078&version=20010AB207899INT)
2. **04/09/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2078&version=20010AB207898AMD)
3. **04/25/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2078&version=20010AB207897AMD)
4. **05/13/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2078&version=20010AB207896AMD)
5. **06/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2078&version=20010AB207895AMD)
6. **08/29/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2078&version=20010AB207894AMD)
7. **08/30/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2078&version=20010AB207893AMD)
8. **09/21/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2078&version=20010AB207891CHP)
9. **AB2078** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2078)
10. **08/31/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2078&version=20010AB207892ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2078 Kelley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2078 Kelley By Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2078 Briggs Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelley — primary (person)
- Briggs — author (person)
- Salinas — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 750, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2002-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 8731.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 6096.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2002-08-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-22** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **2002-08-05** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2002-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 1. Page 6217.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (May 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-25** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-15** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2002-02-25** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2002-02-19** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/649af9da-25fb-4a74-bb0f-1fc4f63c0c2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).