republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-1495.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency formation."
description: "Local agency formation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1495"
citation: "California AB 1495 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency formation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c36eed54-f828-40d6-b6ac-9bfb8a4ad418"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1495"
source_hash: "4acd3dcfad51c5d830e87097486e01d422f60dc8add42adc3fbf19563ee9dec9"
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 1495 (20012002) — Local agency formation.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1495&version=20010AB149599INT)
2. **04/17/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1495&version=20010AB149598AMD)
3. **06/13/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1495&version=20010AB149597AMD)
4. **06/26/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1495&version=20010AB149596AMD)
5. **06/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1495&version=20010AB149595AMD)
6. **08/27/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1495&version=20010AB149594AMD)
7. **10/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1495&version=20010AB149592CHP)
8. **AB1495** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1495)
9. **09/06/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1495&version=20010AB149593ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1495 Cox By Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1495 Cox Special Consent Calendar 2nd Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1495 Cox Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 530, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2001-09-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3526.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-09-05** Ordered returned to Special Consent Calendar by unanimous consent.
- **2001-09-04** From Special Consent Calendar. To unfinished business file.
- **2001-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2001-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, 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`
- **2001-06-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-26** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-25** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-13** 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`
- **2001-06-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1803.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-17** 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`
- **2001-03-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c36eed54-f828-40d6-b6ac-9bfb8a4ad418`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).