---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder and dependent abuse reporting: training."
description: "Elder and dependent abuse reporting: training."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1499"
citation: "California AB 1499 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder and dependent abuse reporting: training."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e88f5062-460e-41ab-8363-7f7bdc987e7e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1499"
source_hash: "35b728bdb8758cacd85f3ce730fa016315ae750caf9c532b6aeecd962af2fb45"
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 1499 (19992000) — Elder and dependent abuse reporting: training.

## 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=199920000AB1499&version=19990AB149999INT)
2. **04/26/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1499&version=19990AB149998AMD)
3. **06/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1499&version=19990AB149997AMD)
4. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1499&version=19990AB149996AMD)
5. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1499&version=19990AB149995AMD)
6. **09/16/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1499&version=19990AB149993CHP)
7. **AB1499** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1499)
8. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1499&version=19990AB149994ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1499 LOWENTHAL THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #23 AB1499 Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1499 LOWENTHAL CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Hughes — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Polanco — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — author (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wildman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 414, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3438.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2570.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1913.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 21). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `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/e88f5062-460e-41ab-8363-7f7bdc987e7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).