republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-653.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint powers agreements: County of Santa Barbara: nonprofit hospitals."
description: "The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes 2 or more public agencies to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 653"
citation: "California AB 653 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joint powers agreements: County of Santa Barbara: nonprofit hospitals."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunningham"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2017-02-14"
last_action: "2018-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f278fdbb-a4c6-4d8a-af1f-2bfa2010f126"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB653"
source_hash: "39f8efd5441ace4d09e0decbed9865b2a1c3ff73a6512f3dfdd8cf6940b2b794"
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 653 (20172018) — Joint powers agreements: County of Santa Barbara: nonprofit hospitals.

The Joint Exercise of Powers Act authorizes 2 or more public agencies to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB653&version=20170AB65399INT)
2. **03/21/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB653&version=20170AB65398AMD)
3. **05/30/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB653&version=20170AB65397AMD)
4. **06/21/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB653&version=20170AB65395AMD)
5. **08/23/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB653&version=20170AB65396AMD)
6. **09/23/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB653&version=20170AB65393CHP)
7. **AB653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB653)
8. **08/29/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB653&version=20170AB65394ENR)

## Votes

- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in, but first be re-referred to Com. on [Health] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 653 RIDLEY-THOMAS Assembly Third Reading — **75–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 653 CUNNINGHAM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB653 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cunningham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2017-03-20** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Assembly Rule 69(b) suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 1851.)
- **2017-05-30** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1854.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 1990.)
- **2017-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 2042.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-14** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-08-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2018-06-20** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-06-20** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-25** Re-referred to Coms. on GOV. & F. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 5112.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-07-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-06** Re-referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and HEALTH pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-16** Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 6297.)
- **2018-08-16** (Pending re-referral to Com. on HEALTH)
- **2018-08-20** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in, but first be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 20). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-21** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 21). `committee-passage`
- **2018-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6604.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-04** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2018-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 706, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f278fdbb-a4c6-4d8a-af1f-2bfa2010f126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).