---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business entities: mergers and conversions."
description: "Business entities: mergers and conversions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1894"
citation: "California AB 1894 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business entities: mergers and conversions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2000-02-10"
last_action: "2000-07-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2acbfb5f-8a97-4e09-ab0b-1fbb38bd854c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1894"
source_hash: "3a2b97c3e842d55ae971a9b263af6ce4a171f5dd8a35e5657dd649143c6955d8"
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 1894 (19992000) — Business entities: mergers and conversions.

## 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=199920000AB1894&version=19990AB189499INT)
2. **03/29/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1894&version=19990AB189498AMD)
3. **05/30/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1894&version=19990AB189497AMD)
4. **06/12/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1894&version=19990AB189496AMD)
5. **07/24/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1894&version=19990AB189494CHP)
6. **AB1894** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1894)
7. **07/06/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1894&version=19990AB189495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1894 ACKERMAN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1894 Ackerman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-07-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 201, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-07-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2000-07-06** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7633.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-06-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5377.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 6186.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-30** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `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/2acbfb5f-8a97-4e09-ab0b-1fbb38bd854c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).