republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-2618.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property and business improvement areas: benefit assessments."
description: "The California Constitution generally requires that assessments, fees, and charges be submitted to property owners for approval or rejection after the provision of written notice and the holding of a public hearing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2618"
citation: "California AB 2618 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property and business improvement areas: benefit assessments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-21"
last_action: "2014-08-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96c1640d-4c00-498e-a3f3-97a506d7208e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2618"
source_hash: "fc479faded60c29579381410b805238c0326636c8f0d9a0042049f7ea07eaa9e"
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 2618 (20132014) — Property and business improvement areas: benefit assessments.

The California Constitution generally requires that assessments, fees, and charges be submitted to property owners for approval or rejection after the provision of written notice and the holding of a public hearing.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2618&version=20130AB261899INT)
2. **04/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2618&version=20130AB261898AMD)
3. **05/05/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2618&version=20130AB261897AMD)
4. **06/11/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2618&version=20130AB261896AMD)
5. **06/24/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2618&version=20130AB261895AMD)
6. **08/04/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2618&version=20130AB261894AMD)
7. **08/21/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2618&version=20130AB261892CHP)
8. **AB2618** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2618)
9. **08/13/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2618&version=20130AB261893ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2618 John A. Pérez By Hernandez — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2618 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2618 PÉREZ, J.A. Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John A. Pérez — primary (person)
- Dickinson — coauthor (person)
- Ting — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2014-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2014-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2014-03-13** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-21** 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`
- **2014-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4842.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-06-25** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-06-30** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4375.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5955.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-08-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 240, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96c1640d-4c00-498e-a3f3-97a506d7208e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).