republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-307.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint powers agreements: public agency: federally recognized Indian tribe."
description: "Existing law authorizes 2 or more public agencies, as defined, to enter into an agreement to exercise common powers. Existing law also permits certain federally recognized Indian tribes to enter into joint powers agreements with particular parties and for limited purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 307"
citation: "California AB 307 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joint powers agreements: public agency: federally recognized Indian tribe."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nestande"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-09"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa04236e-42e3-48c3-9bbb-a19b82fc7607"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB307"
source_hash: "f2d8337ccc33525c2f03e6ba9b44668655adfaeb97aa262260375a193cbb480d"
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 307 (20112012) — Joint powers agreements: public agency: federally recognized Indian tribe.

Existing law authorizes 2 or more public agencies, as defined, to enter into an agreement to exercise common powers. Existing law also permits certain federally recognized Indian tribes to enter into joint powers agreements with particular parties and for limited purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB307&version=20110AB30799INT)
2. **03/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB307&version=20110AB30798AMD)
3. **05/31/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB307&version=20110AB30797AMD)
4. **06/22/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB307&version=20110AB30796AMD)
5. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB307&version=20110AB30794CHP)
6. **AB307** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB307)
7. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB307&version=20110AB30795ENR)

## Votes

- AB 307 NESTANDE Assembly Third Reading — **66–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 307 NESTANDE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB307 Nestande By Huff — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nestande — primary (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- Gorell — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-10** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1038.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-31** 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. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1850.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2379.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 266, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa04236e-42e3-48c3-9bbb-a19b82fc7607`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).