---
type: "Bill"
title: "Seismic improvements."
description: "Seismic improvements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1291"
citation: "California AB 1291 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Seismic improvements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38d96c3d-6b6e-40b0-970f-4d9c961373dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1291"
source_hash: "5ffd297cfdbc6d858d2d0841b8ce557135ed28e5fd30762ab100d343a8d8927f"
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 1291 (19992000) — Seismic improvements.

## 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=199920000AB1291&version=19990AB129199INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1291&version=19990AB129198AMD)
3. **04/08/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1291&version=19990AB129197AMD)
4. **06/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1291&version=19990AB129196AMD)
5. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1291&version=19990AB129195AMD)
6. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1291&version=19990AB129193CHP)
7. **AB1291** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1291)
8. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1291&version=19990AB129194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Revenue and Taxation Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #26 AB1291 Corbett By Alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Briggs — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cunneen — coauthor (person)
- Figueroa — coauthor (person)
- Johannessen — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 504, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3788.) `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. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **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. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, 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`
- **1999-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development and Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1779.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `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/38d96c3d-6b6e-40b0-970f-4d9c961373dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).