republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1544.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local government: redevelopment."
description: "Local government: redevelopment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1544"
citation: "California AB 1544 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local government: redevelopment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Calderon"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 41
vote_count: 10
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "2000-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a46dda90-6d18-4b8c-a408-c2fe047e892c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1544"
source_hash: "9735ba7eb729695f5f9f8201d8c0ce2cc162bb57c885a9ae766b0443ab8fdff1"
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 1544 (19992000) — Local government: redevelopment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1544&version=19990AB154499INT)
2. **01/13/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1544&version=19990AB154497AMD)
3. **01/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1544&version=19990AB154496AMD)
4. **01/27/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1544&version=19990AB154495AMD)
5. **03/27/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1544&version=19990AB154494AMD)
6. **04/03/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1544&version=19990AB154493AMD)
7. **04/21/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1544&version=19990AB154498AMD)
8. **07/14/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1544&version=19990AB154491CHP)
9. **AB1544** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1544)
10. **06/13/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1544&version=19990AB154492ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1544 CALDERON CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1544 Calderon By Perata Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1544 Calderon Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1544 Calderon Urgency Clause — **fail** (fail) · upper
- AB 1544 GRANLUND THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **fail** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Calderon — primary (person)
- Baugh — author (person)
- Granlund — author (person)
- Perata — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-07-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 129, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-07-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2000-06-26** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2000-06-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:45 a.m. (Corrected June 13. )
- **2000-06-12** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 6. Page 7089.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-06-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-06-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 4971.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-04-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-03** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-03-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-03-13** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 21. Noes 9. Page 3847.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Perata. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3848.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-03-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-02-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-02-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-02-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-02-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-02-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-01-27** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-01-18** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to ENV. QUAL. and Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 13. Page 2204.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **1999-05-27** Passed on file. To inactive file - Rule 78. Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Granlund.
- **1999-05-25** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-17** Joint Rule 61 (a)(3) suspended. (Page 1644.) Joint Rule 62 (a), file notice waived. (Page 1645).
- **1999-05-12** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Local Government Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-03-25** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a46dda90-6d18-4b8c-a408-c2fe047e892c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).