---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency formation: annexation."
description: "Local agency formation: annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2370"
citation: "California AB 2370 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency formation: annexation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c56211e-a73a-4984-b342-e51c3ccfad62"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370"
source_hash: "770202c8b7d7333a8c4416d7fe69749c10761da18257120761ae5e280a765a4e"
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 2370 (20012002) — Local agency formation: annexation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370&version=20010AB237099INT)
2. **04/08/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370&version=20010AB237098AMD)
3. **05/29/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370&version=20010AB237097AMD)
4. **06/27/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370&version=20010AB237096AMD)
5. **08/05/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370&version=20010AB237095AMD)
6. **08/12/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370&version=20010AB237094AMD)
7. **08/14/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370&version=20010AB237093AMD)
8. **08/20/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370&version=20010AB237092AMD)
9. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370&version=20010AB237091AMD)
10. **09/17/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370&version=20010AB237089CHP)
11. **AB2370** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370)
12. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2370&version=20010AB237090ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2370 Thomson Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2370 Thomson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2370 Thomson By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 614, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2002-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 8493.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 5884.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-12** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended.
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2002-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 30. Page 6647.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-04-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** 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/4c56211e-a73a-4984-b342-e51c3ccfad62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).