---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human services: pilot program."
description: "Human services: pilot program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1259"
citation: "California AB 1259 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human services: pilot program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strom-Martin"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7009defc-8bd8-4620-8851-9a177dd44fa5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1259"
source_hash: "d1165c435845a04ab40a6c2d268cd88f075e1168fa0586838a92706c88e7e30c"
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 1259 (19992000) — Human services: pilot program.

## 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=199920000AB1259&version=19990AB125999INT)
2. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1259&version=19990AB125998AMD)
3. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1259&version=19990AB125997AMD)
4. **05/24/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1259&version=19990AB125996AMD)
5. **07/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1259&version=19990AB125995AMD)
6. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1259&version=19990AB125994AMD)
7. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1259&version=19990AB125993AMD)
8. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1259&version=19990AB125991CHP)
9. **AB1259** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1259)
10. **09/01/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1259&version=19990AB125992ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1259 STROM-MARTIN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #26 AB1259 Strom-Martin By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1259 STROM-MARTIN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Strom-Martin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 705, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 6. Page 3695.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **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 40. Noes 0. Page 2728.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. 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`
- **1999-07-07** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-06** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1978.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read second time. To third reading. `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. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 21). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `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/7009defc-8bd8-4620-8851-9a177dd44fa5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).