---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal law."
description: "Criminal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 154"
citation: "California AB 154 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal law."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunneen"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-01-15"
last_action: "1999-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7fdb930-0ae2-4c0f-8911-c599f39e083e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB154"
source_hash: "7f9c0166b80f4fe0cdc6140a9566981781bf9e9d0e6e33c079f7484ee86af50a"
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 154 (19992000) — Criminal law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/15/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB154&version=19990AB15499INT)
2. **04/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB154&version=19990AB15498AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB154&version=19990AB15497AMD)
4. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB154&version=19990AB15496AMD)
5. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB154&version=19990AB15495AMD)
6. **09/07/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB154&version=19990AB15493CHP)
7. **AB154** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB154)
8. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB154&version=19990AB15494ENR)

## Votes

- AB 154 CUNNEEN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 154 CUNNEEN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB154 Cunneen By Vasconcellos — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cunneen — primary (person)
- Vasconcellos — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 363, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3482.) `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 2558.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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 68. Noes 5. Page 1886.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-19** From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
- **1999-01-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7fdb930-0ae2-4c0f-8911-c599f39e083e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).