---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint powers agencies."
description: "Joint powers agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 837"
citation: "California AB 837 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joint powers agencies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2001-02-22"
last_action: "2001-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf198ac5-a3d6-4e49-8e4d-5fecd6ae66a5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB837"
source_hash: "c0ab06031e68d5c50db80592cdad0632af32260a4a022b42a53946e186f6635b"
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 837 (20012002) — Joint powers agencies.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB837&version=20010AB83799INT)
2. **04/26/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB837&version=20010AB83798AMD)
3. **08/13/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB837&version=20010AB83796CHP)
4. **AB837** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB837)
5. **07/21/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB837&version=20010AB83797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 837 Briggs Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #21 AB837 Briggs — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Bill Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 186, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2001-07-23** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2001-07-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2174.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2015.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Burton. Reconsideration granted. (Page 2016.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-07-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2001-06-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-06-13** (Corrected June 12. )
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1691.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-05-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2001-04-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** 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`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-22** 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/bf198ac5-a3d6-4e49-8e4d-5fecd6ae66a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).