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 an applicant seeking a change of organization or reorganization to submit a plan for providing services within the affected territory.
California AB 2957 (20212022) — Local government: reorganization.
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 an applicant seeking a change of organization or reorganization to submit a plan for providing services within the affected territory.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Consent Calendar AB2957 L. GOV. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2957 L. GOV. Consent Calendar Second Day — 65–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Local Government — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-03-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-03-03 From printer. May be heard in committee April 2.
2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2022-04-18 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
2022-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2022-05-04 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4657.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-25 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-06-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4130.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-06-09 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-06-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2022-06-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-06-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 37, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a26aa618-f48f-423b-9c9f-93a7eea3c9b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).