---
type: "Bill"
title: "Meyers-Milias-Brown Act."
description: "Meyers-Milias-Brown Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1852"
citation: "California AB 1852 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Meyers-Milias-Brown Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-02-07"
last_action: "2000-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1b10d2c-7f95-4958-ab67-891836a325e1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1852"
source_hash: "0c346607329cd42ed7861d69a8addc6d3b8679f8faa84e5138c4a8c4de38b475"
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 1852 (19992000) — Meyers-Milias-Brown Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1852&version=19990AB185299INT)
2. **03/30/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1852&version=19990AB185298AMD)
3. **04/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1852&version=19990AB185297AMD)
4. **06/19/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1852&version=19990AB185296AMD)
5. **09/07/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1852&version=19990AB185294CHP)
6. **AB1852** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1852)
7. **08/10/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1852&version=19990AB185295ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1852 Longville — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Longville — primary (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 316, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 7833.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-07-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5496.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-28** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6324.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2000-02-07** 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/b1b10d2c-7f95-4958-ab67-891836a325e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).