---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000."
description: "Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (act) , provides the sole and exclusive authority and procedure for the initiation, conduct, and completion of changes of organization and reorganization for cities and districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1427"
citation: "California AB 1427 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Local Government"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2013-04-01"
last_action: "2013-08-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f271e82-3da8-42c1-8baf-40b8012bb401"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1427"
source_hash: "5de15ee56cebecab05d6ae263c3f359e237bcf22c75cadb3b6fc3af6c595700d"
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 1427 (20132014) — Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000.

Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (act) , provides the sole and exclusive authority and procedure for the initiation, conduct, and completion of changes of organization and reorganization for cities and districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **04/01/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1427&version=20130AB142799INT)
2. **04/30/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1427&version=20130AB142798AMD)
3. **08/12/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1427&version=20130AB142796CHP)
4. **AB1427** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1427)
5. **06/26/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1427&version=20130AB142797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1427 L. GOV. Consent Calendar Second Day — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1427 Committee on L. GOV. — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-04-01** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-04-02** From printer. May be heard in committee May 2.
- **2013-04-04** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-09** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 1476.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-29** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-06-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1489.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-06-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:45 p.m.
- **2013-08-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 87, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f271e82-3da8-42c1-8baf-40b8012bb401`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).