---
type: "Bill"
title: "Limited partnerships and limited liability companies: conversion."
description: "Limited partnerships and limited liability companies: conversion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 197"
citation: "California AB 197 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Limited partnerships and limited liability companies: conversion."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-01-21"
last_action: "1999-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3790d71c-7a1a-44c9-8b36-422eecbf9289"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB197"
source_hash: "4650ace13a2bf8e8e0780d9831a6ecd7d64659cc800d713b67d8cc9535fc3b79"
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 197 (19992000) — Limited partnerships and limited liability companies: conversion.

## 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=199920000AB197&version=19990AB19799INT)
2. **06/29/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB197&version=19990AB19798AMD)
3. **07/06/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB197&version=19990AB19797AMD)
4. **08/30/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB197&version=19990AB19795CHP)
5. **AB197** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB197)
6. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB197&version=19990AB19796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #21 AB197 Ackerman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 197 ACKERMAN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 250, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3214.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2308.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-07-06** 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`
- **1999-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 960.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-03-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/3790d71c-7a1a-44c9-8b36-422eecbf9289`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).