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Bill	Joint powers agreements: water corporations.	Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, if authorized by their governing bodies, by agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties. Existing law authorizes 2 or more local public entities, or a mutual water company, as defined, and a public agency, to provide insurance, as specified, by a joint powers agreement. Existing law authorizes a mutual water company and a public agency to enter into a joint powers agreement for the purposes of risk pooling, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 428	California AB 428 (20252026)	bill	Jointpowersagreements watercorporations	enacted	Blanca Rubio	5	21	7	2025-02-05	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/b74c6748-1427-42b2-b018-d27873abfce3	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB428	47a84f47182918ebb54812e0fbca7ba39001b36779f2b7aecc270a540383a77c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 428 (20252026) — Joint powers agreements: water corporations.

Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, if authorized by their governing bodies, by agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties. Existing law authorizes 2 or more local public entities, or a mutual water company, as defined, and a public agency, to provide insurance, as specified, by a joint powers agreement. Existing law authorizes a mutual water company and a public agency to enter into a joint powers agreement for the purposes of risk pooling, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/05/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB428 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 428 Blanca Rubio Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Energy, Utilities and Communications] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB428 Blanca Rubio By McNerney — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blanca Rubio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-05 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-02-06 From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Coms. on INS. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2025-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on INS. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-05 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1424.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-14 Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and E., U & C. referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E., U & C. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on E., U & C. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 1. Page 2461.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 151, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b74c6748-1427-42b2-b018-d27873abfce3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).