republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1765.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985: rate reduction bonds: review."
description: "Existing law, the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985, authorizes certain joint powers authorities to issue rate reduction bonds to finance utility projects, as provided. Existing law requires the California Pollution Control Financing Authority to review each issue of bonds and determine whether the issue is qualified for issuance, if certain requirements are met. Existing law exempts an issuance from the authority's review where certain determinations concerning the issuance are subject to review by a ratepayer advocate, or similar entity, on the relation of the public utility's actions to water or wastewater rates. Existing law authorizes the authority to establish procedures for the expeditious review of a proposed issuance, including the establishment of reasonable application fees to reimburse the authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1765"
citation: "California AB 1765 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985: rate reduction bonds: review."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff6f392b-dc40-4774-acb8-008ee946b013"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1765"
source_hash: "1413ea7ece6ce816ae9ec5a05e65e9bab1f3142de89981277376f8da37a30b09"
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 1765 (20212022) — Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985: rate reduction bonds: review.

Existing law, the Marks-Roos Local Bond Pooling Act of 1985, authorizes certain joint powers authorities to issue rate reduction bonds to finance utility projects, as provided. Existing law requires the California Pollution Control Financing Authority to review each issue of bonds and determine whether the issue is qualified for issuance, if certain requirements are met. Existing law exempts an issuance from the authority's review where certain determinations concerning the issuance are subject to review by a ratepayer advocate, or similar entity, on the relation of the public utility's actions to water or wastewater rates. Existing law authorizes the authority to establish procedures for the expeditious review of a proposed issuance, including the establishment of reasonable application fees to reimburse the authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/02/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1765&version=20210AB176599INT)
2. **04/18/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1765&version=20210AB176598AMD)
3. **06/09/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1765&version=20210AB176597AMD)
4. **09/15/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1765&version=20210AB176595CHP)
5. **AB1765** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1765)
6. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1765&version=20210AB176596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1765 Nazarian Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1765 Nazarian By Stern — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1765 Nazarian Assembly Third Reading — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** From printer. May be heard in committee March 5.
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-19** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 4918.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-09** 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-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-29** From Consent Calendar.
- **2022-06-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4943.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-23** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
- **2022-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 6062.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 322, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ff6f392b-dc40-4774-acb8-008ee946b013`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).