republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-3312.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local agency formation: annexation: City of Merced."
description: "The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 provides the sole and exclusive authority and procedure for the initiation, conduct, and completion of changes of organization and reorganization for cities and districts. The act grants a local agency formation commission the power to review and approve a change of organization of a local agency, which includes an annexation into a city. The act generally requires that a territory to be annexed be contiguous to the city at the time the proposal is initiated. The act also requires each commission to develop and determine the sphere of influence of each city and special district within the county. The act defines sphere of influence, for purposes of these provisions, as a plan for the probable physical boundaries and service area of the local agency, as determined by the commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 3312"
citation: "California AB 3312 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local agency formation: annexation: City of Merced."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gray"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-21"
last_action: "2020-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3a878de-7c00-4eae-aa05-b0514136ca1b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3312"
source_hash: "dee1ddf1154de735b24d24ef0c1a5b9ce397aea0e1aad7c1f0863051409d2ae9"
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 3312 (20192020) — Local agency formation: annexation: City of Merced.

The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 provides the sole and exclusive authority and procedure for the initiation, conduct, and completion of changes of organization and reorganization for cities and districts. The act grants a local agency formation commission the power to review and approve a change of organization of a local agency, which includes an annexation into a city. The act generally requires that a territory to be annexed be contiguous to the city at the time the proposal is initiated. The act also requires each commission to develop and determine the sphere of influence of each city and special district within the county. The act defines sphere of influence, for purposes of these provisions, as a plan for the probable physical boundaries and service area of the local agency, as determined by the commission.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3312&version=20190AB331299INT)
2. **05/04/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3312&version=20190AB331298AMD)
3. **07/23/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3312&version=20190AB331297AMD)
4. **07/31/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3312&version=20190AB331296AMD)
5. **08/13/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3312&version=20190AB331295AMD)
6. **09/09/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3312&version=20190AB331293CHP)
7. **AB3312** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3312)
8. **08/27/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB3312&version=20190AB331294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 3312 Gray Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3312 Gray Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB3312 Gray By Galgiani — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2020-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2020-04-24** Referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4817.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-07-01** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-23** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-07-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-07-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-13** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4294.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2020-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5229.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2020-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3a878de-7c00-4eae-aa05-b0514136ca1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).