republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1266.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint Exercise of Powers Act: agreements: filings."
description: "The Joint Exercise of Powers Act generally authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to jointly exercise any common power, which is generally termed a joint powers agreement. When a joint powers agreement provides for the creation of an agency or entity, separate from the parties to the agreement and responsible for its administration, existing law requires that agency or entity to cause a notice of the agreement or amendment to be prepared and filed, as specified, with the Secretary of State. Existing law requires an agency or entity that files a notice of agreement or amendment with the Secretary of State to also file a copy of the original joint powers agreement, and any amendment to the agreement, with the Controller."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1266"
citation: "California SB 1266 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joint Exercise of Powers Act: agreements: filings."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2442f4c-2588-45b4-9fd4-587c8d6e6478"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1266"
source_hash: "3a384e41d5454609088f5f4763bcef5462c0b2dfe75dab16fa0f96044f151e63"
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 SB 1266 (20152016) — Joint Exercise of Powers Act: agreements: filings.

The Joint Exercise of Powers Act generally authorizes 2 or more public agencies, by agreement, to jointly exercise any common power, which is generally termed a joint powers agreement. When a joint powers agreement provides for the creation of an agency or entity, separate from the parties to the agreement and responsible for its administration, existing law requires that agency or entity to cause a notice of the agreement or amendment to be prepared and filed, as specified, with the Secretary of State. Existing law requires an agency or entity that files a notice of agreement or amendment with the Secretary of State to also file a copy of the original joint powers agreement, and any amendment to the agreement, with the Controller.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1266&version=20150SB126699INT)
2. **03/28/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1266&version=20150SB126698AMD)
3. **04/12/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1266&version=20150SB126697AMD)
4. **08/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1266&version=20150SB126695CHP)
5. **SB1266** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1266)
6. **08/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1266&version=20150SB126696ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1266 McGuire Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGuire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-29** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2016-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3420.) (April 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2016-04-25** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2016-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3800.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-10** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-16** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5720.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-04** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2016-08-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 173, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2442f4c-2588-45b4-9fd4-587c8d6e6478`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).