---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: wage claims."
description: "Employment: wage claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1689"
citation: "California AB 1689 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: wage claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-03-22"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d8c0a34-f93a-4fff-ab35-c0e213eeacdf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1689"
source_hash: "d2ec07a590a9dee5740446df03ed9dcf879139e2057f8de800de843bb6ea9530"
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 1689 (19992000) — Employment: wage claims.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/22/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1689&version=19990AB168999INT)
2. **04/26/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1689&version=19990AB168998AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1689&version=19990AB168997AMD)
4. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1689&version=19990AB168996AMD)
5. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1689&version=19990AB168995AMD)
6. **08/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1689&version=19990AB168994AMD)
7. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1689&version=19990AB168992CHP)
8. **AB1689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1689)
9. **09/03/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1689&version=19990AB168993ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1689 Floyd By Hughes — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1689 FLOYD CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Floyd — primary (person)
- Hughes — coauthor (person)
- Migden — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Villaraigosa — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 692, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 3879.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 3781.) From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (September 2). `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2796.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** From inactive file. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-26** To inactive file on motion of Senator Costa.
- **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`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2493.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations by unanimous consent. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1834.). `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** Joint Rules 61 (a)(3) and 61 (a)(4) suspended.
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-04-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** From printer. May be heard in committee April 22.
- **1999-03-22** Joint Rule 54 suspended. 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/7d8c0a34-f93a-4fff-ab35-c0e213eeacdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).