republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-851.md

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Bill	Local government: organization: disincorporations.	(1) Existing law specifies a procedure for the legislative body of a city, county, or district to propose to the voters an ordinance or resolution to adopt a special tax pursuant to constitutional requirements. Existing law authorizes a local agency which is conducting proceedings for the incorporation of a city, formation of a district, change of organization, a reorganization, a change of organization of a city, or a municipal reorganization to propose the adoption of a special tax on behalf of the affected city or district in accordance with this procedure.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 851	California AB 851 (20152016)	bill	Local government: organization: disincorporations.	enacted	Mayes	10	29	6	2015-02-26	2015-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/8716289c-6e9b-4df1-b50d-7bceb16dbb47	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB851	ea5773445704a9b1431babeb623d0bd955e22d46811c456bf78d4886f10e510c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 851 (20152016) — Local government: organization: disincorporations.

(1) Existing law specifies a procedure for the legislative body of a city, county, or district to propose to the voters an ordinance or resolution to adopt a special tax pursuant to constitutional requirements. Existing law authorizes a local agency which is conducting proceedings for the incorporation of a city, formation of a district, change of organization, a reorganization, a change of organization of a city, or a municipal reorganization to propose the adoption of a special tax on behalf of the affected city or district in accordance with this procedure.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/13/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/07/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/15/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/17/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/30/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/18/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/21/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB851 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/02/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB851 Mayes By Beall — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 851 MAYES Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 851 MAYES Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mayes — primary (person)
• Beall — coauthor (person)
• Cooley — coauthor (person)
• Huff — coauthor (person)
• Moorlach — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-16 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-04-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-14 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2015-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-11 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 From Consent Calendar.
• 2015-05-18 Ordered to third reading.
• 2015-05-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1550.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2015-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-13 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-07-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2202.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2676.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 304, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8716289c-6e9b-4df1-b50d-7bceb16dbb47. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).