republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/ab-689.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal Utility District Act: nonstock security."
description: "The Municipal Utility District Act authorizes the formation of a municipal utility district and authorizes a district to acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use works for supplying the inhabitants of the district and public agencies with light, water, power, heat, transportation, telephone service, or other means of communication, or means for the collection, treatment, or disposition of garbage, sewage, or refuse matter."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 689"
citation: "California AB 689 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal Utility District Act: nonstock security."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f867015-24a1-4614-b858-a25fb5777798"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB689"
source_hash: "f3ea3a7a5d10708d83dae7c94e23b0b47e57968277c4d687c349c52d07d33c3e"
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 689 (20192020) — Municipal Utility District Act: nonstock security.

The Municipal Utility District Act authorizes the formation of a municipal utility district and authorizes a district to acquire, construct, own, operate, control, or use works for supplying the inhabitants of the district and public agencies with light, water, power, heat, transportation, telephone service, or other means of communication, or means for the collection, treatment, or disposition of garbage, sewage, or refuse matter.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB689&version=20190AB68999INT)
2. **03/21/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB689&version=20190AB68998AMD)
3. **04/11/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB689&version=20190AB68997AMD)
4. **06/19/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB689&version=20190AB68996AMD)
5. **09/05/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB689&version=20190AB68994CHP)
6. **AB689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB689)
7. **08/23/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB689&version=20190AB68995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB689 McCarty et al. By Pan — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 689 McCarty Assembly Third Reading — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 689 McCarty Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **65–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Banking and Finance] — **6–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCarty — primary (person)
- Pan — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** 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`
- **2019-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B. & F. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-11** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 1395.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-08** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** 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`
- **2019-06-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 2200.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2019-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 2794.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2019-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 230, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f867015-24a1-4614-b858-a25fb5777798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).