---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: ballots."
description: "Elections: ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1099"
citation: "California AB 1099 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: ballots."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f387f56-8b09-45a1-a1c5-e418d2315925"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1099"
source_hash: "afcfc7337312f9187a14c868b835825b785f81aa033849b87f18dfb6ade00336"
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 1099 (19992000) — Elections: ballots.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1099&version=19990AB109999INT)
2. **05/12/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1099&version=19990AB109998AMD)
3. **07/12/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1099&version=19990AB109997AMD)
4. **09/09/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1099&version=19990AB109996AMD)
5. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1099&version=19990AB109994CHP)
6. **AB1099** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1099)
7. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1099&version=19990AB109995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB1099 Shelley — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1099 Shelley By Schiff — **fail** (fail) · upper
- AB 1099 SHELLEY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1099 Shelley By Schiff Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1099 SHELLEY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 843, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 4478.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-09** From inactive file. To third reading. Read third time. Amended. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 3177.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** To inactive file on motion of Senator Schiff.
- **1999-09-01** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 20. Noes 10. Page 2807.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Schiff. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2808.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-19** (Corrected August 18. )
- **1999-07-12** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1667.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-27** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f387f56-8b09-45a1-a1c5-e418d2315925`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).