---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trade and Commerce Agency: international trade: report and plan."
description: "Trade and Commerce Agency: international trade: report and plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1617"
citation: "California AB 1617 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trade and Commerce Agency: international trade: report and plan."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Havice"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/833ba2ea-5988-4ff5-8540-59de9965df24"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1617"
source_hash: "61bb9a26707b271bf0c0c5d285a99e0f37aafe4a1341b0f998d5166b21eb5e8b"
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 1617 (19992000) — Trade and Commerce Agency: international trade: report and plan.

## 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=199920000AB1617&version=19990AB161799INT)
2. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1617&version=19990AB161798AMD)
3. **05/24/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1617&version=19990AB161797AMD)
4. **08/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1617&version=19990AB161795CHP)
5. **AB1617** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1617)
6. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1617&version=19990AB161796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1617 HAVICE 3RD READING URGENCY — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1617 Havice Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1617 HAVICE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Havice — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 242, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-17** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 2409.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Com. on F.,I. & I.T. `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 43. Noes 28. Page 1921.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time. Urgency clause refused adoption. (Ayes 48. Noes 30. Page 1858.) Amended pursuant to Joint Rule 23.5. To third reading. `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`
- **1999-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Com. on I. T. & D. `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/833ba2ea-5988-4ff5-8540-59de9965df24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).