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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agencies."
description: "Local agencies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 838"
citation: "California AB 838 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agencies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46670da1-384a-4758-a0a3-78b4c2091da0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB838"
source_hash: "e75ec9130b063544f2a1f3b511f0167e1f59e8d25742513a049128674e1c222d"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB838&version=19990AB83899INT)
2. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB838&version=19990AB83898AMD)
3. **07/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB838&version=19990AB83897AMD)
4. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB838&version=19990AB83896AMD)
5. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB838&version=19990AB83895AMD)
6. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB838&version=19990AB83894AMD)
7. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB838&version=19990AB83892CHP)
8. **AB838** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB838)
9. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB838&version=19990AB83893ENR)
## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46670da1-384a-4758-a0a3-78b4c2091da0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).