---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government reorganization."
description: "Local government reorganization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 185"
citation: "California AB 185 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government reorganization."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-01-21"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/282d0c4f-6051-452d-8d83-b125b6a9ae0f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB185"
source_hash: "8bbd1436371d61e6a3959617f56eb88239e61fa694fe9b311a4b39f475ac5705"
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 185 (19992000) — Local government reorganization.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/21/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB185&version=19990AB18599INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB185&version=19990AB18595AMD)
3. **01/10/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB185&version=19990AB18594AMD)
4. **04/07/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB185&version=19990AB18598AMD)
5. **04/26/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB185&version=19990AB18597AMD)
6. **05/13/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB185&version=19990AB18596AMD)
7. **06/28/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB185&version=19990AB18593AMD)
8. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB185&version=19990AB18591CHP)
9. **AB185** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB185)
10. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB185&version=19990AB18592ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 185 HERTZBERG THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 185 MR. SPEAKER CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB185 Hertzberg By Alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)
- Cardenas — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 762, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 8345.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-24** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 24). `committee-passage`
- **2000-08-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 8114.)
- **2000-08-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5706.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-07-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-07-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-28** 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`
- **2000-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 4949.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** From Consent Calendar. To third reading pursuant to Joint Rule 22.1.
- **2000-01-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-10** 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`
- **2000-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government by unanimous consent. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 14). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-07** 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`
- **1999-02-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-22** From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
- **1999-01-21** 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/282d0c4f-6051-452d-8d83-b125b6a9ae0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).