---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, sets forth the powers and duties of a local agency formation commission, including, among others, the power to approve the annexation of a contiguous disadvantaged community, under specified circumstances. Existing law provides that an application to annex a contiguous disadvantaged community is not required if a commission finds that a majority of the residents within the affected territory are opposed to annexation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2698"
citation: "California AB 2698 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Local Government"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2012-03-21"
last_action: "2012-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d01b3fed-080f-47d3-af41-9b13480e3d45"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2698"
source_hash: "cbaf2414a5059e306e5ead7803d874f57d65a3e37401ccc464f63b59f8dfee82"
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 2698 (20112012) — Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000.

(1) Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, sets forth the powers and duties of a local agency formation commission, including, among others, the power to approve the annexation of a contiguous disadvantaged community, under specified circumstances. Existing law provides that an application to annex a contiguous disadvantaged community is not required if a commission finds that a majority of the residents within the affected territory are opposed to annexation.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/21/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2698&version=20110AB269899INT)
2. **04/30/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2698&version=20110AB269898AMD)
3. **06/06/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2698&version=20110AB269897AMD)
4. **07/09/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2698&version=20110AB269895CHP)
5. **AB2698** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2698)
6. **06/22/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2698&version=20110AB269896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2698 L. GOV. Assembly Third Reading By SMYTH — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2698 L. GOV. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By SMYTH — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2698 Committee on L. GOV. — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Local Government — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-03-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** From printer. May be heard in committee April 21.
- **2012-03-26** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-04-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-01** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4915.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-31** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-06** 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`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3959.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-06-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5391.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2012-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 62, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d01b3fed-080f-47d3-af41-9b13480e3d45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).