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type: "Bill"
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title: "Joint powers agreements: retail electric services."
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description: "Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, if authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as provided. That act requires, among other things, that the agreement state the purpose of the agreement or power to be exercised and provide for the method by which the purpose will be accomplished or the manner in which the power will be exercised."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 3198"
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citation: "California AB 3198 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Joint powers agreements", "retail electric services"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Garcia"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2024-02-16"
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last_action: "2024-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e727235-7d3d-4efc-b010-f08fd0f72002"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3198"
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source_hash: "99cfff67b083acd7eb6a15fc8be2b6696c0ad3e100470bda0aab4570127cfffc"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 3198 (20232024) — Joint powers agreements: retail electric services.
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Existing law, the Joint Exercise of Powers Act, authorizes 2 or more public agencies, if authorized by their legislative or other governing bodies, to enter into an agreement to jointly exercise any power common to the contracting parties, as provided. That act requires, among other things, that the agreement state the purpose of the agreement or power to be exercised and provide for the method by which the purpose will be accomplished or the manner in which the power will be exercised.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3198&version=20230AB319899INT)
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2. **04/16/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3198&version=20230AB319898AMD)
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3. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3198&version=20230AB319896CHP)
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4. **AB3198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3198)
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5. **08/26/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3198&version=20230AB319897ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 3198 Garcia Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent AB3198 Garcia et al. — **33–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Garcia — primary (person)
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- Wallis — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
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- **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-04-16** 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`
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- **2024-04-17** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-05-01** Coauthors revised.
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- **2024-05-01** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5162.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2024-05-22** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
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- **2024-07-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2024-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2024-08-20** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2024-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5298.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2024-08-22** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2024-08-27** Enrolled measure version corrected.
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- **2024-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 585, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e727235-7d3d-4efc-b010-f08fd0f72002`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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