---
type: "Bill"
title: "Occupational safety and health standards: variances: assessments."
description: "Occupational safety and health standards: variances: assessments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1655"
citation: "California AB 1655 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational safety and health standards: variances: assessments."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-03-09"
last_action: "1999-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/115357af-6677-4582-8ee8-4c1287c913d9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1655"
source_hash: "c19f880f0d98042de55ff26804ed26d5dfce39783bdbb51e200b2300abddc05c"
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 1655 (19992000) — Occupational safety and health standards: variances: assessments.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/09/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1655&version=19990AB165599INT)
2. **04/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1655&version=19990AB165598AMD)
3. **07/12/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1655&version=19990AB165597AMD)
4. **09/23/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1655&version=19990AB165595CHP)
5. **AB1655** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1655)
6. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1655&version=19990AB165596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1655 HERTZBERG CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1655 L. & E. THIRD READING BY STEINBERG — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1655 Hertzberg By Karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 469, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 3458.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 17. Page 2597.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-07-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** 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`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Com. on I.R. `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 73. Noes 4. Page 1828.) `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 21. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-10** From printer. May be heard in committee April 9.
- **1999-03-09** 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/115357af-6677-4582-8ee8-4c1287c913d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).