---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government finance."
description: "Local government finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1396"
citation: "California AB 1396 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Local government finance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aroner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "2000-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae3375a5-6f6a-41eb-9a52-275757ce57bc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1396"
source_hash: "464b6a0be3bff75471ee795f143c779624e03753260bb254fbe8379e0dae7de1"
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 1396 (19992000) — Local government finance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1396&version=19990AB139699INT)
2. **02/24/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1396&version=19990AB139695AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1396&version=19990AB139698AMD)
4. **06/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1396&version=19990AB139697AMD)
5. **08/28/00 - Proposed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1396&version=19990AB139694PRO)
6. **09/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1396&version=19990AB139696AMD)
7. **09/29/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1396&version=19990AB139692CHP)
8. **AB1396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1396)
9. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1396&version=19990AB139693ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1396 VILLARAIGOSA CONFERENCE REPORT — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Conference Reports AB1396 Aroner — **pass** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB1396 Villaraigosa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1396 LOWENTHAL THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1396 MR. SPEAKER CONCURRENCE — **fail** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aroner — primary (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Villaraigosa — author (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 903, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate adopts Conference report. To enrollment. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6429.)
- **2000-08-31** Assembly adopts Conference report. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 8838.)
- **2000-08-29** From printer.
- **2000-08-28** From Conference Committee (Assembly: Ayes 3 (Aroner, Longville, and Runner) Noes 0 (Senate: Ayes 3 (Peace, Poochigian, and Perata) Noes 0). To print.
- **2000-08-24** Joint Rule 29.5 suspended in Assembly.
- **2000-08-24** Joint Rule 29.5 suspended in Senate.
- **2000-04-11** Senators Peace, Poochigian, and Perata appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2000-04-10** Assembly Members Aroner, Longville, and Runner appointed to Conference Committee.
- **2000-03-27** Assembly refused to concur in Senate amendments. To Conference Committee. (Ayes 2. Noes 72. Page 5566.) `committee-failure`
- **2000-03-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-03-02** Withdrawn from committee. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 0. Page 3805.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-02-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-09-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-23** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 20. Page 1857.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (April 28). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae3375a5-6f6a-41eb-9a52-275757ce57bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).