---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities: water corporations: judicial review."
description: "Public utilities: water corporations: judicial review."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1398"
citation: "California AB 1398 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public utilities: water corporations: judicial review."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papan"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4816766-aa46-40e0-abd7-7384f774d7dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1398"
source_hash: "21ec79f7dba14c803e80897bde02e39ce347ebb46cf56a65df20866a6d6c86c9"
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 1398 (19992000) — Public utilities: water corporations: judicial review.

## 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=199920000AB1398&version=19990AB139899INT)
2. **01/06/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1398&version=19990AB139897AMD)
3. **06/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1398&version=19990AB139898AMD)
4. **06/15/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1398&version=19990AB139896AMD)
5. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1398&version=19990AB139894CHP)
6. **AB1398** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1398)
7. **08/28/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1398&version=19990AB139895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1398 PAPAN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1398 Papan — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1398 PAPAN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Papan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 953, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 8411.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6034.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-28** 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`
- **2000-06-20** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 4849.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **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/a4816766-aa46-40e0-abd7-7384f774d7dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).