---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local elections: districts."
description: "Local elections: districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 186"
citation: "California AB 186 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local elections: districts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-01-21"
last_action: "1999-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fe02c8b-a246-4d75-a37e-7bbbc58b7f32"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB186"
source_hash: "555e7885d666c99fe4f412f6cc8dfa444fc52b59ec03dd8059d8dc4bfb2fba68"
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 186 (19992000) — Local elections: districts.

## 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=199920000AB186&version=19990AB18699INT)
2. **03/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB186&version=19990AB18698AMD)
3. **04/29/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB186&version=19990AB18697AMD)
4. **06/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB186&version=19990AB18696AMD)
5. **09/16/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB186&version=19990AB18694CHP)
6. **AB186** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB186)
7. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB186&version=19990AB18695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 186 HERTZBERG THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #23 AB186 Hertzberg — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 429, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3504.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2565.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-07-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1577.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 22). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `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/1fe02c8b-a246-4d75-a37e-7bbbc58b7f32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).