---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wild and scenic rivers: South Yuba River."
description: "Wild and scenic rivers: South Yuba River."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1593"
citation: "California AB 1593 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wild and scenic rivers: South Yuba River."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Villaraigosa"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/761ca978-cefa-414b-b567-58c3dd586631"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1593"
source_hash: "fb8fb44102f21c1d8fa188fee11a0d4d37d3dc6037b6cac0c5457cf6e9f4af4b"
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 1593 (19992000) — Wild and scenic rivers: South Yuba River.

## 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=199920000AB1593&version=19990AB159399INT)
2. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1593&version=19990AB159398AMD)
3. **09/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1593&version=19990AB159397AMD)
4. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1593&version=19990AB159395CHP)
5. **AB1593** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1593)
6. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1593&version=19990AB159396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1593 MR. SPEAKER THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1593 MR. SPEAKER CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 2nd Reading AB1593 Villaraigosa By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Villaraigosa — primary (person)
- Sher — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1017, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 43. Noes 34. Page 4407.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-09** Read second time. To third reading. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 3152.) `reading-3, passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **1999-09-01** To inactive file - Senate Rule 29.
- **1999-08-24** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 10. Page 1827.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation. `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/761ca978-cefa-414b-b567-58c3dd586631`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).