---
type: "Bill"
title: "Drug paraphernalia: clean needle and syringe exchange projects."
description: "Drug paraphernalia: clean needle and syringe exchange projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 136"
citation: "California AB 136 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Drug paraphernalia: clean needle and syringe exchange projects."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mazzoni"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-01-11"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79be8492-8302-43a7-834b-111e6908ec5c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB136"
source_hash: "8546417960ce0035dc8448ae54aade85a9504be5660b5569d3dc2c9557ade73d"
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 136 (19992000) — Drug paraphernalia: clean needle and syringe exchange projects.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/11/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB136&version=19990AB13699INT)
2. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB136&version=19990AB13698AMD)
3. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB136&version=19990AB13697AMD)
4. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB136&version=19990AB13695CHP)
5. **AB136** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB136)
6. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB136&version=19990AB13696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 136 MIGDEN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 136 MAZZONI CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB136 Mazzoni By Burton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mazzoni — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Migden — principal coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — principal coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wesson — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 762, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 44. Noes 35. Page 4296.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 3136.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **1999-09-03** From committee: Be placed on second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-08-25** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2620.)
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-06** (Corrected July 2. )
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 73. Noes 0. Page 1745.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-02-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
- **1999-01-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79be8492-8302-43a7-834b-111e6908ec5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).