---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employee benefits."
description: "State employee benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1528"
citation: "California AB 1528 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State employee benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Strom-Martin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1cb0411b-b97a-487c-984f-64dbd2d9c87b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1528"
source_hash: "e1217ea2b3b506b5032608b5b321a07ff54ab7158bc532de78ee832e0612b973"
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 1528 (19992000) — State employee benefits.

## 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=199920000AB1528&version=19990AB152899INT)
2. **07/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1528&version=19990AB152898AMD)
3. **07/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1528&version=19990AB152897AMD)
4. **08/31/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1528&version=19990AB152895CHP)
5. **AB1528** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1528)
6. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1528&version=19990AB152896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1528 STROM-MARTIN 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1528 STROM-MARTIN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #21 AB1528 Strom-Martin — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Strom-Martin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 272, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **1999-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 3227.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2309.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-14** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-01** 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`
- **1999-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 2160.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `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/1cb0411b-b97a-487c-984f-64dbd2d9c87b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).