---
type: "Bill"
title: "Animal diseases."
description: "Animal diseases."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1251"
citation: "California AB 1251 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animal diseases."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a033fadb-2754-4ee2-bae7-76afba55f47d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1251"
source_hash: "437803d39333fd5d47dd18a98d28bbbbd0a4e457f78c6a567b5a7fc130c7b316"
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 1251 (19992000) — Animal diseases.

## 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=199920000AB1251&version=19990AB125199INT)
2. **04/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1251&version=19990AB125198AMD)
3. **05/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1251&version=19990AB125197AMD)
4. **06/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1251&version=19990AB125196AMD)
5. **07/13/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1251&version=19990AB125195AMD)
6. **09/21/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1251&version=19990AB125193CHP)
7. **AB1251** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1251)
8. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1251&version=19990AB125194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #23 AB1251 Committee on Agri. (Cardoza) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 447, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3506.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2566.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2211.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture 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.
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `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/a033fadb-2754-4ee2-bae7-76afba55f47d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).