---
type: "Bill"
title: "Intellectual property: ownership by public postsecondary faculty."
description: "Intellectual property: ownership by public postsecondary faculty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1773"
citation: "California AB 1773 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Intellectual property: ownership by public postsecondary faculty."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-01-20"
last_action: "2000-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a763450c-6581-49b9-bd2d-626ddf567758"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1773"
source_hash: "d66945808f2626f66c86d2b236bce99765555b354c6439c0f221eee0f4a0d3fd"
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 1773 (19992000) — Intellectual property: ownership by public postsecondary faculty.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/20/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1773&version=19990AB177399INT)
2. **04/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1773&version=19990AB177398AMD)
3. **05/22/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1773&version=19990AB177397AMD)
4. **05/30/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1773&version=19990AB177396AMD)
5. **06/15/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1773&version=19990AB177395AMD)
6. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1773&version=19990AB177394AMD)
7. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1773&version=19990AB177393AMD)
8. **09/23/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1773&version=19990AB177391CHP)
9. **AB1773** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1773)
10. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1773&version=19990AB177392ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Education. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1773 ROMERO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1773 Romero Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1773 ROMERO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Bock — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 574, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 56. Noes 17. Page 8707.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 6202.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-18** 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`
- **2000-08-14** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-03** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-20** (Corrected June 19. )
- **2000-06-15** 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`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 6994.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-05-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (May 10). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** 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`
- **2000-03-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-21** From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
- **2000-01-20** 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/a763450c-6581-49b9-bd2d-626ddf567758`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).