---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government finance."
description: "Local government finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 530"
citation: "California AB 530 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government finance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91db53d9-eba7-41eb-b03d-3f8aa2693b92"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB530"
source_hash: "e3833da33b26306bdfbac08c86af7eec30dee83477b7eecae4e77e54b20e489f"
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 530 (19992000) — Local government finance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB530&version=19990AB53099INT)
2. **05/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB530&version=19990AB53098AMD)
3. **08/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB530&version=19990AB53097AMD)
4. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB530&version=19990AB53096AMD)
5. **09/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB530&version=19990AB53095AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB530&version=19990AB53093CHP)
7. **AB530** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB530)
8. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB530&version=19990AB53094ENR)

## Votes

- AB 530 PAPAN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 2nd Reading AB530 Papan By Rainey — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 530 PAPAN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Papan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 644, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 7. Page 4425.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-09** Read second time. To third reading. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 3164.) `reading-3, passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 17. Page 1969.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **1999-02-18** 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/91db53d9-eba7-41eb-b03d-3f8aa2693b92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).