republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1944.md

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Bill	Williamson Act.	Williamson Act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 1944	California AB 1944 (19992000)	bill	Williamson Act.	enacted	Wayne	7	24	7	2000-02-15	2000-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/27765488-0979-4cd4-af0c-afd837b3fcff	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1944	7a380fcaac3546464e4af4e3c085165708db10e3efc5d35c39b273f51095954c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1944 (19992000) — Williamson Act.

Version chain

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

1. 02/15/00 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/11/00 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/03/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/08/00 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/29/00 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1944 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/30/00 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1944 Wayne By Johnston — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 1944 WAYNE THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1944 WAYNE CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Natural Resources. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wayne — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2000-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 889, Statutes of 2000.
• 2000-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2000-09-12 Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
• 2000-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 8709.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2000-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2000-08-29 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 6200.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2000-08-18 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2000-08-08 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2000-08-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2000-07-03 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
• 2000-06-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2000-06-01 Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. referral-committee
• 2000-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2000-05-22 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 28. Page 6519.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2000-05-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2000-05-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 6.) (May 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2000-04-25 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2000-04-13 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2000-04-12 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. referral-committee
• 2000-04-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2000-03-30 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2000-02-28 Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture and Standing Committee on Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 2000-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
• 2000-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27765488-0979-4cd4-af0c-afd837b3fcff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).