---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Sheep Commission."
description: "California Sheep Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1261"
citation: "California AB 1261 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Sheep Commission."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85ab15c3-dc45-4833-a26d-1c3c2de90147"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1261"
source_hash: "e19e43a754868585f3843b67d85e355d22b85699d53eff00644e2e6aaa407ac1"
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 1261 (19992000) — California Sheep Commission.

## 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=199920000AB1261&version=19990AB126199INT)
2. **05/26/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1261&version=19990AB126197CHP)
3. **AB1261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1261)
4. **05/17/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1261&version=19990AB126198ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1261 AGRI. 3RD READING URGENCY BY MALDONADO — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1261 Committee on Agri. (Cardoza) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-05-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 29, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-05-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-05-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **1999-05-17** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-05-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1180.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-21** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 1104.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-12** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **1999-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **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/85ab15c3-dc45-4833-a26d-1c3c2de90147`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).