(1) Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, provides the authority and procedure for the initiation, conduct, and completion of changes of organization, reorganization, and sphere of influence changes for cities and districts, as specified. Existing law requires a local agency formation commission to develop and determine the sphere of influence of each city and each special district within the county and enact policies designed to promote the logical and orderly development of areas within each sphere. Existing law requires, when a proposed change of organization or reorganization applies to 2 or more affected counties, that exclusive jurisdiction vest in the commission of the principal county, unless certain things occur.
California AB 1581 (20212022) — Local government: omnibus.
(1) Existing law, the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, provides the authority and procedure for the initiation, conduct, and completion of changes of organization, reorganization, and sphere of influence changes for cities and districts, as specified. Existing law requires a local agency formation commission to develop and determine the sphere of influence of each city and each special district within the county and enact policies designed to promote the logical and orderly development of areas within each sphere. Existing law requires, when a proposed change of organization or reorganization applies to 2 or more affected counties, that exclusive jurisdiction vest in the commission of the principal county, unless certain things occur.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 1581 L. GOV. Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar AB1581 L. GOV. — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Local Government — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-03-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-03-10 From printer. May be heard in committee April 9.
2021-03-11 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2021-04-19 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-20 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2021-05-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-05-10 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1413.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-05-27 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2021-06-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-06-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2021-06-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1544.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-06-17 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2021-06-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:15 p.m.
2021-06-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-06-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 31, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e4a25496-26f6-4d39-8ee4-47dbd9a8b9ff. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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