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Bill	Joint powers agreements: mutual water companies.	The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes 2 or more public agencies, as defined, if authorized by their governing bodies, by agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, and specifically authorizes a mutual water company to enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency for these purposes. Existing law authorizes local public entities, as defined, to enter into a joint powers agreement for the purposes of providing risk-pooling, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 656	California AB 656 (20152016)	bill	Joint powers agreements: mutual water companies.	enacted	Cristina Garcia	6	22	6	2015-02-24	2015-09-03	openstates	ocd-bill/9a6b4c43-8d91-4550-ac0b-f3d585dba762	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB656	e2b59b0e7aaedafa294fd58295ece8318217ed993a29673e08d8997d24ceef70	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 656 (20152016) — Joint powers agreements: mutual water companies.

The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes 2 or more public agencies, as defined, if authorized by their governing bodies, by agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, and specifically authorizes a mutual water company to enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency for these purposes. Existing law authorizes local public entities, as defined, to enter into a joint powers agreement for the purposes of providing risk-pooling, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/04/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/22/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/03/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB656 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/21/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 656 GARCIA, C. Assembly Third Reading — 68–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 656 GARCIA, C. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB656 Cristina Garcia By Hertzberg — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Cristina Garcia — primary (person)
• Alejo — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2015-03-09 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2015-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-05-04 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 1557.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2015-06-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-07-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2052.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-20 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 1. Page 2523.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2015-09-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 250, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a6b4c43-8d91-4550-ac0b-f3d585dba762. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).