---
type: "Bill"
title: "Williamson Act."
description: "Williamson Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1944"
citation: "California AB 1944 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Williamson Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wayne"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-15"
last_action: "2000-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27765488-0979-4cd4-af0c-afd837b3fcff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1944"
source_hash: "7a380fcaac3546464e4af4e3c085165708db10e3efc5d35c39b273f51095954c"
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 1944 (19992000) — Williamson Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1944&version=19990AB194499INT)
2. **04/11/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1944&version=19990AB194498AMD)
3. **07/03/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1944&version=19990AB194497AMD)
4. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1944&version=19990AB194496AMD)
5. **09/29/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1944&version=19990AB194494CHP)
6. **AB1944** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1944)
7. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1944&version=19990AB194495ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1944 Wayne By Johnston — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1944 WAYNE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1944 WAYNE CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wayne — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 889, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 8709.) `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 26. Noes 9. Page 6200.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-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 Local Government. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 28. Page 6519.) `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 12. Noes 6.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-04-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture and Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2000-02-15** 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/27765488-0979-4cd4-af0c-afd837b3fcff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).