---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public social services."
description: "Public social services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 155"
citation: "California AB 155 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public social services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Migden"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-01-15"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28ee4613-8b23-4cf8-9c5e-c2b2926cd108"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB155"
source_hash: "fc811cbad03e9d643600be3b50b711ca4429f0f49715e67193c284a4452ff388"
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 155 (19992000) — Public social services.

## 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=199920000AB155&version=19990AB15599INT)
2. **05/20/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB155&version=19990AB15598AMD)
3. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB155&version=19990AB15597AMD)
4. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB155&version=19990AB15595CHP)
5. **AB155** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB155)
6. **09/08/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB155&version=19990AB15596ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB155 Migden By Peace — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 155 MIGDEN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 155 MIGDEN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Migden — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Burton — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Gallegos — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wildman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 820, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 66. Noes 12. Page 4096.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 3007.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `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, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 17. Page 2142.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 5.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `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/28ee4613-8b23-4cf8-9c5e-c2b2926cd108`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).