---
type: "Bill"
title: "State funds: unionization."
description: "State funds: unionization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1889"
citation: "California AB 1889 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State funds: unionization."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedillo"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-10"
last_action: "2000-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa9c6ed1-0b48-4069-aefc-5e9778c6bdde"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1889"
source_hash: "08036cc68faae2d5f9e623e211bd39cbcaa19265a74a0f104ebd6ba59ae3bab8"
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 1889 (19992000) — State funds: unionization.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1889&version=19990AB188999INT)
2. **04/10/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1889&version=19990AB188998AMD)
3. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1889&version=19990AB188997AMD)
4. **05/16/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1889&version=19990AB188996AMD)
5. **07/06/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1889&version=19990AB188995AMD)
6. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1889&version=19990AB188994AMD)
7. **09/29/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1889&version=19990AB188992CHP)
8. **AB1889** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1889)
9. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1889&version=19990AB188993ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1889 CEDILLO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1889 CEDILLO AMEND BY OLBERG LAY ON THE TABLE BY WASHINGTON — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1889 Cedillo By Alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1889 CEDILLO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cedillo — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 872, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 28. Page 8759.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 6224.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, 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`
- **2000-07-06** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Com. on I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 28. Page 6970.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Passed on file.
- **2000-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-16** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 7.) (May 10). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2000-02-10** 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/fa9c6ed1-0b48-4069-aefc-5e9778c6bdde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).