---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public works: payments."
description: "Public works: payments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1646"
citation: "California AB 1646 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public works: payments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-03-04"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a4ce07dc-2d62-4247-acd1-a14d25d5c35a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1646"
source_hash: "d78f855e0ae46df18142db1bdef7d00d62d4a72790e786b4b325171264b3e21f"
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 1646 (19992000) — Public works: payments.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/04/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1646&version=19990AB164699INT)
2. **06/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1646&version=19990AB164698AMD)
3. **07/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1646&version=19990AB164697AMD)
4. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1646&version=19990AB164694AMD)
5. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1646&version=19990AB164696AMD)
6. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1646&version=19990AB164693AMD)
7. **08/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1646&version=19990AB164692AMD)
8. **08/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1646&version=19990AB164695AMD)
9. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1646&version=19990AB164690CHP)
10. **AB1646** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1646)
11. **09/01/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1646&version=19990AB164691ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1646 L. & E. THIRD READING BY STEINBERG — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1646 STEINBERG CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1646 Steinberg By Burton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 954, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 42. Noes 31. Page 8967.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 6293.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-08-07** 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`
- **1999-09-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-08-30** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-08-17** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on I.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on I.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to I.R. and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 46. Noes 31. Page 1826.) `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`
- **1999-04-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-05** From printer. May be heard in committee April 4.
- **1999-03-04** 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/a4ce07dc-2d62-4247-acd1-a14d25d5c35a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).