republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2293.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint powers agreements: health care services."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies by agreement to exercise any power common to the contracting parties, subject to meeting certain conditions with respect to that agreement. Existing law authorizes a private, nonprofit corporation, until January 1, 2032, formed for the purposes of providing services to zero-emission transportation systems or facilities, to join a joint powers authority or enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency to facilitate the development, construction, and operation of zero-emission transportation systems or facilities that lower greenhouse gases, reduce vehicle congestion and vehicle miles traveled, and improve public transit connections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2293"
citation: "California AB 2293 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joint powers agreements", "health care services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathis"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-12"
last_action: "2024-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7e851a9-7649-4495-a286-da2a8fd0d216"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2293"
source_hash: "c4e0db5645a2bd9c3d1295f498914878d60d45b6ad01c7d70186e14f2bd1690f"
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 2293 (20232024) — Joint powers agreements: health care services.

(1) Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies by agreement to exercise any power common to the contracting parties, subject to meeting certain conditions with respect to that agreement. Existing law authorizes a private, nonprofit corporation, until January 1, 2032, formed for the purposes of providing services to zero-emission transportation systems or facilities, to join a joint powers authority or enter into a joint powers agreement with a public agency to facilitate the development, construction, and operation of zero-emission transportation systems or facilities that lower greenhouse gases, reduce vehicle congestion and vehicle miles traveled, and improve public transit connections.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2293&version=20230AB229399INT)
2. **05/02/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2293&version=20230AB229398AMD)
3. **06/25/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2293&version=20230AB229397AMD)
4. **07/03/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2293&version=20230AB229396AMD)
5. **09/27/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2293&version=20230AB229394CHP)
6. **AB2293** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2293)
7. **09/03/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2293&version=20230AB229395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2293 Mathis Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2293 Mathis By Durazo — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2293 Mathis Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mathis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **2024-02-26** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-05-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-06** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 5444.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2024-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2024-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 710, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7e851a9-7649-4495-a286-da2a8fd0d216`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).