---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State University: student body organizations: Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act of 2000."
description: "California State University: student body organizations: Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act of 2000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1857"
citation: "California AB 1857 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California State University: student body organizations: Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act of 2000."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-07"
last_action: "2000-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ae38913-538d-4bb3-9344-15db634e603e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1857"
source_hash: "28f3e8eff3b1726135bd1c834f2597788600624f811de690ff3a375909d168fe"
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 1857 (19992000) — California State University: student body organizations: Gloria Romero Open Meetings Act of 2000.

## 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=199920000AB1857&version=19990AB185799INT)
2. **04/11/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1857&version=19990AB185798AMD)
3. **06/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1857&version=19990AB185797AMD)
4. **06/22/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1857&version=19990AB185796AMD)
5. **09/07/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1857&version=19990AB185794CHP)
6. **AB1857** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1857)
7. **08/23/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1857&version=19990AB185795ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1857 ROMERO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1857 ROMERO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1857 Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 330, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 12. Page 8144.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 5781.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-22** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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 72. Noes 2. Page 6442.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `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/5ae38913-538d-4bb3-9344-15db634e603e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).