---
type: "Bill"
title: "Beverage containers."
description: "Beverage containers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1244"
citation: "California AB 1244 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Beverage containers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Olberg"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef906b65-4058-4037-856e-4f72f5f0512e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1244"
source_hash: "b02b27b076667b642ffa68617ec50d048abbab789aab75515ad79d68935d15d7"
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 1244 (19992000) — Beverage containers.

## 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=199920000AB1244&version=19990AB124499INT)
2. **04/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1244&version=19990AB124498AMD)
3. **04/26/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1244&version=19990AB124497AMD)
4. **07/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1244&version=19990AB124496AMD)
5. **08/26/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1244&version=19990AB124495AMD)
6. **08/31/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1244&version=19990AB124494AMD)
7. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1244&version=19990AB124492CHP)
8. **AB1244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1244)
9. **09/07/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1244&version=19990AB124493ENR)

## Votes

- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1244 OLBERG SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #20 AB1244 Olberg — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1244 OLBERG THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1244 Olberg By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Olberg — primary (person)
- Machado — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 817, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4018.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2852.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-31** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-26** In Senate. Held at Desk. 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`
- **1999-08-26** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Olberg. From inactive file. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **1999-08-16** To inactive file on motion of Assembly Member Olberg.
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2306.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1909.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, 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/ef906b65-4058-4037-856e-4f72f5f0512e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).