---
type: "Bill"
title: "Maintenance of criminal provisions."
description: "Maintenance of criminal provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1236"
citation: "California AB 1236 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Maintenance of criminal provisions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Battin"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/706d37d0-76c3-44a5-8bad-4b684f008e6a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1236"
source_hash: "a8689f76d016958cf21c05ba8c1f8e689882e19fc4f084ad01e2feba1b694884"
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 1236 (19992000) — Maintenance of criminal provisions.

## 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=199920000AB1236&version=19990AB123699INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1236&version=19990AB123698AMD)
3. **04/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1236&version=19990AB123697AMD)
4. **05/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1236&version=19990AB123696AMD)
5. **05/24/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1236&version=19990AB123695AMD)
6. **07/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1236&version=19990AB123694AMD)
7. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1236&version=19990AB123693AMD)
8. **09/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1236&version=19990AB123692AMD)
9. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1236&version=19990AB123690CHP)
10. **AB1236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1236)
11. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1236&version=19990AB123691ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #25 AB1236 Battin — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1236 Battin By Rainey — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Battin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 706, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:05 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4482.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3049.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-02** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **1999-08-30** From Special Consent Calendar pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2684.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-08-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2059.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-25** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** Action rescinded whereby the bill was reported from committee on April 22 and whereby the bill was ordered to second reading. `reading-2`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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/706d37d0-76c3-44a5-8bad-4b684f008e6a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).