---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: property-related water and sewer fees and assessments: remedies."
description: "The California Constitution specifies various requirements with respect to the levying of assessments and property-related fees and charges by a local agency, including notice, hearing, and protest procedures, depending on the character of the assessment, fee, or charge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2257"
citation: "California AB 2257 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government", "property-related water and sewer fees and assessments", "remedies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wilson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21514292-5d4d-4735-bff6-1133c3382ff0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2257"
source_hash: "bd73afafc433e7b1a22a2044d7fc68b63795c519349eb49db27fedb1ed9bcd62"
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 2257 (20232024) — Local government: property-related water and sewer fees and assessments: remedies.

The California Constitution specifies various requirements with respect to the levying of assessments and property-related fees and charges by a local agency, including notice, hearing, and protest procedures, depending on the character of the assessment, fee, or charge.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2257&version=20230AB225799INT)
2. **03/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2257&version=20230AB225798AMD)
3. **04/23/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2257&version=20230AB225797AMD)
4. **06/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2257&version=20230AB225796AMD)
5. **08/05/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2257&version=20230AB225795AMD)
6. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2257&version=20230AB225793CHP)
7. **AB2257** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2257)
8. **08/29/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2257&version=20230AB225794ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2257 Wilson By Caballero — **29–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- AB 2257 Wilson Assembly Third Reading — **52–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Local Government] — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 2257 Wilson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wilson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (March 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 12.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-08-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 5230.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 17.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 561, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21514292-5d4d-4735-bff6-1133c3382ff0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).