---
type: "Bill"
title: "School district governing boards: contracts."
description: "School district governing boards: contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 117"
citation: "California AB 117 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School district governing boards: contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mazzoni"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-01-05"
last_action: "1999-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d1eb17b-eb32-4ac9-8574-26242056151e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB117"
source_hash: "04eb07d4f9253d688950c5a8dd062e41d14dc5e8dea2ec140804b3cbcfa6accd"
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 117 (19992000) — School district governing boards: contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/05/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB117&version=19990AB11799INT)
2. **03/16/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB117&version=19990AB11798AMD)
3. **04/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB117&version=19990AB11797AMD)
4. **06/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB117&version=19990AB11796AMD)
5. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB117&version=19990AB11795AMD)
6. **08/26/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB117&version=19990AB11794AMD)
7. **09/15/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB117&version=19990AB11792CHP)
8. **AB117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB117)
9. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB117&version=19990AB11793ENR)

## Votes

- AB 117 MAZZONI THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Committee amendments. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Held in Committee. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 117 MAZZONI CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB117 Mazzoni by McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mazzoni — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 374, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 3764.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **1999-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 2718.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-26** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-18** In Committee: Set, first hearing. Held in Committee. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
- **1999-08-17** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-23** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 7. Page 1519.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-01-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-06** From printer. May be heard in committee February 5.
- **1999-01-05** 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/1d1eb17b-eb32-4ac9-8574-26242056151e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).