---
type: "Bill"
title: "Political Reform Act of 1974: local agency formation commissions."
description: "Political Reform Act of 1974: local agency formation commissions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 1998"
citation: "California AB 1998 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Political Reform Act of 1974: local agency formation commissions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Silva"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-14"
last_action: "2008-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12dca548-7ea7-4b5e-92e6-41c2e5c1ada6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1998"
source_hash: "0e8428e6f84dd3334bcf94875c613d08e8e7d41d0faf7704da27b5c4e05918d6"
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 1998 (20072008) — Political Reform Act of 1974: local agency formation commissions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1998&version=20070AB199899INT)
2. **07/22/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1998&version=20070AB199897CHP)
3. **AB1998** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1998)
4. **07/07/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB1998&version=20070AB199898ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1998 SILVA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #32 AB1998 Silva — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Silva — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4842.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-01** Referred to Com. on E., R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-07-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4638.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-07-08** (Corrected July 8.)
- **2008-07-10** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2008-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 192, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12dca548-7ea7-4b5e-92e6-41c2e5c1ada6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).