---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bond: parks, water, and coastal protection act."
description: "Bond: parks, water, and coastal protection act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 18"
citation: "California AB 18 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bond: parks", "water", "and coastal protection act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Villaraigosa"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 10
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "1999-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d96037f-94f3-4600-bc16-e0b4631ec173"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB18"
source_hash: "021a5402f167a9579c392e39c52aef1e97ae409bea6343b56e036c53aebf35c0"
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 18 (19992000) — Bond: parks, water, and coastal protection act.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/07/98 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB18&version=19990AB1899INT)
2. **03/23/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB18&version=19990AB1898AMD)
3. **04/22/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB18&version=19990AB1897AMD)
4. **06/21/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB18&version=19990AB1896AMD)
5. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB18&version=19990AB1895AMD)
6. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB18&version=19990AB1894AMD)
7. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB18&version=19990AB1893AMD)
8. **09/22/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB18&version=19990AB1891CHP)
9. **AB18** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB18)
10. **09/07/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB18&version=19990AB1892ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 18 SUSPEND THE RULES BY SHELLEY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 18 MR. SPEAKER CONCURRENCE W/O REFERENCE TO FILE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB18 Villaraigosa By Sher Amend by Poochigian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB18 Villaraigosa By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 18 MR. SPEAKER 3RD READING URGENCY W/O REFERENCE TO FILE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Villaraigosa — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Battin — coauthor (person)
- Bock — coauthor (person)
- Briggs — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — principal coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Cunneen — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Frusetta — coauthor (person)
- Gallegos — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Hayden — principal coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — author (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Migden — coauthor (person)
- Murray — principal coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — coauthor (person)
- Rainey — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Schiff — coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — principal coauthor (person)
- Sher — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Torlakson — coauthor (person)
- Wesson — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)
- Wildman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 461, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m. (Corrected September 7. )
- **1999-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 3863.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-03** Read third time. Amended. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2911.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-21** Amended. To third reading. Assembly Rule 69 (d) suspended. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 2675.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-03** Joint Rule 61 (a)(7) suspended. (Page 2404.)
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 4.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1487.)
- **1999-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife (Ayes 7. Noes 4.) (April 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources, and then be re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife by unanimous consent. Joint Rule 62 (a), file notice waived. (Page. 1096). `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife and Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **1998-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
- **1998-12-07** 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/0d96037f-94f3-4600-bc16-e0b4631ec173`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).