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type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency formation commissions: studies."
description: "Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, sets forth the powers and duties of a local agency formation commission, including, among others, the requirement to conduct studies of existing governmental agencies that include, but are not limited to, inventorying those agencies and determining their maximum service area and service capacities. The commission is authorized to request land use information, studies, and plans of cities, counties, districts, including school districts, community college districts, and regional agencies and state agencies and departments, in connection with conducting the required studies, and the governmental agencies are required to comply with the commission's request."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2156"
citation: "California AB 2156 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency formation commissions: studies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Achadjian"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0c9b4d6-cccb-4535-b216-2032717e7717"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2156"
source_hash: "83f9dc5849edf18806fb79b090b0600f0e6de4e31ba88338709924e5f931e189"
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 2156 (20132014) — Local agency formation commissions: studies.
Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, sets forth the powers and duties of a local agency formation commission, including, among others, the requirement to conduct studies of existing governmental agencies that include, but are not limited to, inventorying those agencies and determining their maximum service area and service capacities. The commission is authorized to request land use information, studies, and plans of cities, counties, districts, including school districts, community college districts, and regional agencies and state agencies and departments, in connection with conducting the required studies, and the governmental agencies are required to comply with the commission's request.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2156&version=20130AB215699INT)
2. **03/24/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2156&version=20130AB215698AMD)
3. **06/04/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2156&version=20130AB215696CHP)
4. **AB2156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2156)
5. **05/28/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2156&version=20130AB215697ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **90** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **320** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **60** (pass) · upper
- AB 2156 ACHADJIAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **740** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Achadjian — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-06** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** 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-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4429.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-22** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3535.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-06-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-06-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 21, Statutes of 2014.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0c9b4d6-cccb-4535-b216-2032717e7717`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).