---
type: "Bill"
title: "State special schools."
description: "State special schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1187"
citation: "California AB 1187 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State special schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rod Pacheco"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 34
vote_count: 10
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b40160b-64d8-48b6-a1d9-2f73ac2db0ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187"
source_hash: "220a51b4c274d43e66d4d567331adefde991ff235023dc6210dffde3714064bf"
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 1187 (19992000) — State special schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187&version=19990AB118799INT)
2. **04/26/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187&version=19990AB118798AMD)
3. **04/29/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187&version=19990AB118797AMD)
4. **05/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187&version=19990AB118796AMD)
5. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187&version=19990AB118795AMD)
6. **06/29/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187&version=19990AB118794AMD)
7. **07/12/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187&version=19990AB118793AMD)
8. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187&version=19990AB118792AMD)
9. **09/09/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187&version=19990AB118791AMD)
10. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187&version=19990AB118789CHP)
11. **AB1187** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187)
12. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1187&version=19990AB118790ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1187 PACHECO, ROD CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1187 Rod Pacheco By Poochigian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1187 PACHECO, ROD THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1187 Rod Pacheco By Poochigian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1187 Rod Pacheco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rod Pacheco — primary (person)
- Dutra — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 904, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:05 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4441.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3225.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-09** In Senate. Held at Desk. Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. Ordered returned to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-09** From Special Consent Calendar. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3140.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3015.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-07-12** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-29** 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`
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2433.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 27). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived.
- **1999-05-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** 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`
- **1999-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** 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`
- **1999-04-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b40160b-64d8-48b6-a1d9-2f73ac2db0ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).