---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil procedure."
description: "Civil procedure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1669"
citation: "California AB 1669 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil procedure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-03-15"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52fbec90-e875-4707-a933-b2f7585361ea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1669"
source_hash: "3a416331856bae7109c48e9473f29386f029c6696df12b85f187e4728a8a6506"
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 1669 (19992000) — Civil procedure.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/15/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1669&version=19990AB166999INT)
2. **01/05/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1669&version=19990AB166998AMD)
3. **06/05/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1669&version=19990AB166997AMD)
4. **07/06/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1669&version=19990AB166996AMD)
5. **08/10/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1669&version=19990AB166995AMD)
6. **08/21/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1669&version=19990AB166994AMD)
7. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1669&version=19990AB166992CHP)
8. **AB1669** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1669)
9. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1669&version=19990AB166993ENR)

## Votes

- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1669 Committee on Jud. (Kuehl) By Schiff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1669 JUD. CONCURRENCE BY KUEHL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 688, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 31). Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 8892.) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 8787.)
- **2000-08-28** From Consent Calendar. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6033.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-21** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** 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`
- **2000-08-08** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** 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`
- **2000-01-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 0. Page 4833.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-12** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-16** From printer. May be heard in committee April 15.
- **1999-03-15** 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/52fbec90-e875-4707-a933-b2f7585361ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).