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Bill	Arts Council: cultural districts.	The Dixon-Zenovich-Maddy California Arts Act of 1975 establishes the Arts Council, consisting of 11 appointed members, sets forth the duties of the council, and authorizes the council to accept federal grants and unrestricted gifts, donations, bequests, or grants of funds from private sources and public agencies for the purposes of encouraging artistic awareness, promoting the employment of artists, and providing for the exhibition of art works in public buildings, among others.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 189	California AB 189 (20152016)	bill	Arts Council: cultural districts.	enacted	Bloom	6	22	7	2015-01-27	2015-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/3eaf027e-917e-46b2-a22c-5fe17cb82762	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB189	6afaaf17c646432d094dcf7aae4db6b6ae8b996532bf58d816723516e63dbbe0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 189 (20152016) — Arts Council: cultural districts.

The Dixon-Zenovich-Maddy California Arts Act of 1975 establishes the Arts Council, consisting of 11 appointed members, sets forth the duties of the council, and authorizes the council to accept federal grants and unrestricted gifts, donations, bequests, or grants of funds from private sources and public agencies for the purposes of encouraging artistic awareness, promoting the employment of artists, and providing for the exhibition of art works in public buildings, among others.

Version chain

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

1. 01/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/07/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/25/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/01/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB189 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/10/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB189 Bloom By Allen — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 189 BLOOM Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 189 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bloom — primary (person)
• Allen — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Waldron — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-01-27 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-01-28 From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
• 2015-02-09 Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-30 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1346.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-21 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2015-07-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 2431.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2939.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2015-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 396, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3eaf027e-917e-46b2-a22c-5fe17cb82762. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).