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Bill	Community revitalization authority.	The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined by means of redevelopment projects financed by the issuance of bonds serviced by tax increment revenues derived from the project area. Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies to wind down the affairs of the dissolved agencies and to fulfill the enforceable obligations of those agencies. Existing law also provides for various economic development programs that foster community sustainability and community and economic development initiatives throughout the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2	California AB 2 (20152016)	bill	Community revitalization authority.	enacted	Alejo	8	27	10	2014-12-01	2015-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/d17f9650-8d7e-4b37-a459-23cf7e40c46c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2	4ee0b26ac1bb48d686504396b6b8ba07f3de67fb433b992dca89dfc7799097a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2 (20152016) — Community revitalization authority.

The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of blight, as defined by means of redevelopment projects financed by the issuance of bonds serviced by tax increment revenues derived from the project area. Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies and community development agencies, as of February 1, 2012, and provides for the designation of successor agencies to wind down the affairs of the dissolved agencies and to fulfill the enforceable obligations of those agencies. Existing law also provides for various economic development programs that foster community sustainability and community and economic development initiatives throughout the state.

Version chain

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

1. 12/01/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/16/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/07/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/22/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/14/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2 Alejo By Cannella — 29–10 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Transportation and Housing] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 2 ALEJO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 58–15 (pass) · lower
• AB 2 ALEJO Assembly Third Reading — 63–13 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 13–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Alejo — primary (person)
• Brown — coauthor (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Eduardo Garcia — author (person)
• Holden — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — coauthor (person)
• Mullin — coauthor (person)
• Perea — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-12-01 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2014-12-02 From printer. May be heard in committee January 1.
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. referral-committee
• 2015-04-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 13. Page 1382.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-21 Referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and T. & H. referral-committee
• 2015-06-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 10). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2631.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 3210.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2015-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 319, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d17f9650-8d7e-4b37-a459-23cf7e40c46c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).