---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recording documents: restrictive covenants."
description: "Recording documents: restrictive covenants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1493"
citation: "California AB 1493 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Recording documents: restrictive covenants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "2000-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a7fa700-0814-48f5-afde-f3773de45b73"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1493"
source_hash: "12576bf16dbd77898d0becceb1c008e9e3fa70da3422ec55fd16f34b22176806"
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 1493 (19992000) — Recording documents: restrictive covenants.

## 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=199920000AB1493&version=19990AB149399INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1493&version=19990AB149397AMD)
3. **01/19/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1493&version=19990AB149396AMD)
4. **02/17/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1493&version=19990AB149395AMD)
5. **04/07/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1493&version=19990AB149398AMD)
6. **05/30/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1493&version=19990AB149394AMD)
7. **06/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1493&version=19990AB149393AMD)
8. **09/05/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1493&version=19990AB149391CHP)
9. **AB1493** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1493)
10. **08/21/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1493&version=19990AB149392ENR)

## Votes

- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1493 Nakano — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1493 NAKANO 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1493 NAKANO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)
- Burton — principal coauthor (person)
- Morrow — coauthor (person)
- Peace — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 291, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **2000-08-21** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 8013.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-18** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5792.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-13** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 4946.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (January 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-01-03** From committe chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development and Standing Committee on Judiciary by unanimous consent. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-04-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `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/8a7fa700-0814-48f5-afde-f3773de45b73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).