republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-2300.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Joint powers authority."
description: "Joint powers authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2300"
citation: "California AB 2300 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Joint powers authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Florez"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/531c0aa9-fac5-4d94-bcd3-d457b084ff2c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2300"
source_hash: "edc27511b59d8e4b9a7b33c9886c4e38660ff71e8c36f6eb26ef4ab84917e1b4"
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 2300 (19992000) — Joint powers authority.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2300&version=19990AB230099INT)
2. **04/27/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2300&version=19990AB230098AMD)
3. **06/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2300&version=19990AB230097AMD)
4. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2300&version=19990AB230096AMD)
5. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2300&version=19990AB230095AMD)
6. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2300&version=19990AB230093CHP)
7. **AB2300** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2300)
8. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2300&version=19990AB230094ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2300 Florez By Johnston — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2300 FLOREZ CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2300 FLOREZ THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Florez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 723, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 8861.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 3. Page 6200.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-08-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-21** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2000-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6368.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2000-02-24** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/531c0aa9-fac5-4d94-bcd3-d457b084ff2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).