---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education."
description: "Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1600"
citation: "California AB 1600 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Education"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e72937e4-86c1-431c-8043-5ce9c68c2b49"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1600"
source_hash: "25cb018ecf5d683536dde1b3e65009b40729906bc72debd52fecfd9a091ce127"
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 1600 (19992000) — Education.

## 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=199920000AB1600&version=19990AB160099INT)
2. **06/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1600&version=19990AB160098AMD)
3. **06/28/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1600&version=19990AB160097AMD)
4. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1600&version=19990AB160096AMD)
5. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1600&version=19990AB160095AMD)
6. **AB1600** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1600)
7. **09/28/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1600&version=19990AB160094ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1600 Committee on Ed. (Mazzoni) By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Education — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 646, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m. (Corrected September 28. )
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4484.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3097.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. 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** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-14** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1780.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 21). (Received April 23 pursuant to Joint Rule 61 (a)(2)). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **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/e72937e4-86c1-431c-8043-5ce9c68c2b49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).