---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural products: processors licensing: fees."
description: "Agricultural products: processors licensing: fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1459"
citation: "California AB 1459 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural products: processors licensing: fees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wiggins"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a091f899-8f26-4301-a81e-e18f69c86a97"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1459"
source_hash: "5566d4e231c386c50993c643de4205ef4837b6617f4240f5bfa3dd4a9866dde8"
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 1459 (19992000) — Agricultural products: processors licensing: fees.

## 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=199920000AB1459&version=19990AB145999INT)
2. **04/14/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1459&version=19990AB145998AMD)
3. **04/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1459&version=19990AB145997AMD)
4. **07/22/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1459&version=19990AB145995CHP)
5. **AB1459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1459)
6. **07/15/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1459&version=19990AB145996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #20 AB1459 Wiggins — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wiggins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2307.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-29** 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`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `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 1780.) `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`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** 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/a091f899-8f26-4301-a81e-e18f69c86a97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).