---
type: "Bill"
title: "Redevelopment."
description: "Redevelopment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1855"
citation: "California AB 1855 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Redevelopment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-02-07"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c67a745e-d38b-421a-a4db-3306a2f6670d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1855"
source_hash: "4d3e8fbb56019d585f8cf01f20e7b84c7fa096a1d142ec5446b162153a98bd1d"
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 1855 (19992000) — Redevelopment.

## 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=199920000AB1855&version=19990AB185599INT)
2. **07/03/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1855&version=19990AB185598AMD)
3. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1855&version=19990AB185597AMD)
4. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1855&version=19990AB185596AMD)
5. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1855&version=19990AB185594CHP)
6. **AB1855** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1855)
7. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1855&version=19990AB185595ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 1855 LOWENTHAL THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1855 Lowenthal By Rainey — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1855 LOWENTHAL CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Rainey — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 756, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2000-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 8286.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5957.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-08-07** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 4. Page 6437.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-02-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `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/c67a745e-d38b-421a-a4db-3306a2f6670d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).