republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-838.md

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Bill	Local agencies.	Local agencies.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 838	California AB 838 (19992000)	bill	Local agencies.	enacted	Longville	9	25	5	1999-02-24	1999-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/46670da1-384a-4758-a0a3-78b4c2091da0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB838	e75ec9130b063544f2a1f3b511f0167e1f59e8d25742513a049128674e1c222d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 838 (19992000) — Local agencies.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/06/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/07/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/25/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/10/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB838 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/09/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB838 Longville By Rainey — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 838 LONGVILLE THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 838 LONGVILLE CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Longville — primary (person)
• Strom-Martin — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 649, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-21 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 1999-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 6. Page 4272.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 1999-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 1999-09-08 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3097.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-07 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-09-03 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 1999-08-25 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-24 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 1999-08-17 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-08-16 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-07-07 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
• 1999-06-14 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 1999-06-02 Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. referral-committee
• 1999-05-25 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-05-24 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 1830.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-05-17 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 1999-05-10 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. referral-committee
• 1999-05-06 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
• 1999-04-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 1999-03-11 Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. referral-committee
• 1999-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 1999-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/46670da1-384a-4758-a0a3-78b4c2091da0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).