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Bill	Municipal corporations: public utility service: water and sewer service.	Existing law authorizes the furnishing of utility services by publicly owned public utilities, including municipal corporations, which are subject to control by their governing bodies. Existing law authorizes any municipal corporation to acquire, construct, own, operate, or lease any public utility, as defined, to furnish its inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, transportation, or means of communications and to furnish those services outside its boundaries, except within another municipal corporation that furnishes the same service or that does not consent. Existing law authorizes a municipal corporation to sell or dispose of any public utility it owns. Existing law requires that a resolution authorizing the sale of a public utility be passed by 23 of the members of the legislative body of the municipal corporation and be passed by a 23 vote of all voters voting at an election to authorize the sale in the ordinance calling the election. Existing law establishes an alternative procedure whereby a municipal corporation can lease, sell, or transfer that portion of a water utility used for furnishing water service outside the boundaries of the municipal corporation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 2179	California AB 2179 (20172018)	bill	Municipal corporations: public utility service: water and sewer service.	enacted	Gipson	5	19	6	2018-02-12	2018-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/67f3e5b8-5ff6-4785-8613-1c8d5f7a653b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2179	de181f58b93b4a390e225b304d36cfb856adbb1032d6c4c15cf1a5bf70869544	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2179 (20172018) — Municipal corporations: public utility service: water and sewer service.

Existing law authorizes the furnishing of utility services by publicly owned public utilities, including municipal corporations, which are subject to control by their governing bodies. Existing law authorizes any municipal corporation to acquire, construct, own, operate, or lease any public utility, as defined, to furnish its inhabitants with light, water, power, heat, transportation, or means of communications and to furnish those services outside its boundaries, except within another municipal corporation that furnishes the same service or that does not consent. Existing law authorizes a municipal corporation to sell or dispose of any public utility it owns. Existing law requires that a resolution authorizing the sale of a public utility be passed by 23 of the members of the legislative body of the municipal corporation and be passed by a 23 vote of all voters voting at an election to authorize the sale in the ordinance calling the election. Existing law establishes an alternative procedure whereby a municipal corporation can lease, sell, or transfer that portion of a water utility used for furnishing water service outside the boundaries of the municipal corporation.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/15/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/28/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2179 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2179 GIPSON Assembly Third Reading — 71–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2179 Gipson By Hertzberg — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2179 GIPSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance] — 10–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Gipson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2018-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2018-03-01 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2018-05-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 9). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 2. Page 5373.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2018-06-07 Referred to Coms. on E., U. & C. and GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2018-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-06-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-15 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5589.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2018-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 2.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2018-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 863, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/67f3e5b8-5ff6-4785-8613-1c8d5f7a653b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).