---
type: "Bill"
title: "The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 omnibus bill."
description: "Existing law defines various terms for purposes of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1430"
citation: "California AB 1430 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 omnibus bill."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Local Government"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-04-05"
last_action: "2011-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67fca917-870e-4626-8b54-4a05aeea7612"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1430"
source_hash: "e4b215847f6965d908faba9d82a456c783d93f45a6b3bbc2b8d7e17f3dc1ce15"
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 1430 (20112012) — The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 omnibus bill.

Existing law defines various terms for purposes of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000.

## Version chain

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

1. **04/05/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1430&version=20110AB143099INT)
2. **06/16/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1430&version=20110AB143098AMD)
3. **06/22/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1430&version=20110AB143097AMD)
4. **08/17/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1430&version=20110AB143096AMD)
5. **09/21/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1430&version=20110AB143094CHP)
6. **AB1430** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1430)
7. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1430&version=20110AB143095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1430 L. GOV. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By SMYTH — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1430 Committee on L. GOV. (Smyth) By Wolk — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1430 L. GOV. Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-04-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-04-06** From printer. May be heard in committee May 6.
- **2011-04-11** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1450.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-01** From consent calendar.
- **2011-07-01** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-07-01** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Simitian.
- **2011-08-15** From inactive file.
- **2011-08-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2014.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2569.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 300, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67fca917-870e-4626-8b54-4a05aeea7612`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).