---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government reorganization."
description: "Local government reorganization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1744"
citation: "California AB 1744 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government reorganization."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Local Government"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2007-03-22"
last_action: "2007-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a32ea4ff-266d-48e1-8c28-6c29693826e4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1744"
source_hash: "d652f70bc52572db4db674a63d59e22b6da8142e9290070c063787cb8fd892b7"
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 1744 (20072008) — Local government reorganization.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/22/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1744&version=20070AB174499INT)
2. **05/07/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1744&version=20070AB174498AMD)
3. **07/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1744&version=20070AB174497AMD)
4. **09/26/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1744&version=20070AB174495CHP)
5. **AB1744** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1744)
6. **09/05/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1744&version=20070AB174496ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1744 L. GOV. Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1744 L. GOV. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By CABALLERO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1744 Committee on L. GOV. (Caballero) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-03-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-03-23** From printer. May be heard in committee April 22.
- **2007-03-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1539.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2007-07-05** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-07-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2121.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2007-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2763.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- **2007-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 244, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a32ea4ff-266d-48e1-8c28-6c29693826e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).