CA AB 523
enactedMetropolitan water districts: proxy vote authorizations.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 523 pass?
Yes. CA AB 523 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 266, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 523 about?
Under the Metropolitan Water District Act, the board of a metropolitan water district is required to consist of at least one representative from each member public agency, as prescribed. The act authorizes each member public agency to appoint additional representatives not exceeding one additional representative for each 5% of the assessed valuation of property taxable for district purposes within the entire district that is within the boundaries of that member public agency. This bill would, until January 1, 2030, authorize a representative of a member public agency that is entitled to designate or appoint only one representative to the board of directors to assign a proxy vote authorization to a representative of another member public agency to be exercised when the assigning representative is unable to attend a meeting or meetings of the board, as provided. The bill would require the proxy vote authorization to be memorialized by a written instrument, as specified. The bill would prohibit a proxy vote authorization from authorizing the assumption of the assigning representative's officer position at the designated meeting and would limit a proxy vote authorization's effectiveness to no more than 6 board meetings in a calendar year. The bill would declare that all provisions of the act apply to the representative assigned the proxy vote authorization and that all conflict of interest laws that apply to the assigning representative also apply to the representative assigned a proxy vote authorization.
Who sponsors CA AB 523?
Irwin is the primary sponsor of CA AB 523.
Description
Under the Metropolitan Water District Act, the board of a metropolitan water district is required to consist of at least one representative from each member public agency, as prescribed. The act authorizes each member public agency to appoint additional representatives not exceeding one additional representative for each 5% of the assessed valuation of property taxable for district purposes within the entire district that is within the boundaries of that member public agency. This bill would, until January 1, 2030, authorize a representative of a member public agency that is entitled to designate or appoint only one representative to the board of directors to assign a proxy vote authorization to a representative of another member public agency to be exercised when the assigning representative is unable to attend a meeting or meetings of the board, as provided. The bill would require the proxy vote authorization to be memorialized by a written instrument, as specified. The bill would prohibit a proxy vote authorization from authorizing the assumption of the assigning representative's officer position at the designated meeting and would limit a proxy vote authorization's effectiveness to no more than 6 board meetings in a calendar year. The bill would declare that all provisions of the act apply to the representative assigned the proxy vote authorization and that all conflict of interest laws that apply to the assigning representative also apply to the representative assigned a proxy vote authorization.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-22
- Latest action
- 2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 266, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Irwinauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2025-10-03
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 266, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-10-03
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-03
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
committee-passage
2025-09-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 2456.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-06-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-06-18
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 18).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-21
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2025-05-13
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-12
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 1514.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-06
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-05
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-01
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 30).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-04-23
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2025-04-22
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,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-24
Referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2025-02-11
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
2025-02-10
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
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Votes
Do pass as amended.
2025-04-30 · pass · 8-1
Member-level votes (10)
- Stefani: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Ta: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Hoover: no
- Ransom: other
AB 523 Irwin Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-12 · pass · 70-4
Member-level votes (79)
- Carrillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Hart: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Addis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ward: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Soria: yes
- Chen: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Papan: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Fong: yes
- Flora: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ta: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Berman: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Krell: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Davies: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Patel: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Bains: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Patterson: no
- Hoover: no
- Gallagher: no
- DeMaio: no
- Macedo: other
- Stefani: other
- Hadwick: other
- Jackson: other
- Lackey: other
Do pass
2025-06-18 · pass · 6-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Choi: no
3rd Reading AB523 Irwin By Stern
2025-09-03 · pass · 35-1
Member-level votes (40)
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Limón: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Allen: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Padilla: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Choi: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Niello: no
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Jones: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Dahle: other
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