---
type: "Bill"
title: "Consumer protection."
description: "Consumer protection."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1858"
citation: "California AB 1858 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer protection."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2000-02-07"
last_action: "2000-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3fda6126-46bb-4f65-bdde-f14b15a4ec73"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1858"
source_hash: "d6a4cbde96dd575dfb7c7fd717c577a9c5a6a8eb0f221f1b486483eaeeded20e"
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 1858 (19992000) — Consumer protection.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/07/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1858&version=19990AB185899INT)
2. **03/23/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1858&version=19990AB185898AMD)
3. **06/26/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1858&version=19990AB185897AMD)
4. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1858&version=19990AB185896AMD)
5. **09/26/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1858&version=19990AB185894CHP)
6. **AB1858** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1858)
7. **08/29/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1858&version=19990AB185895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1858 ROMERO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1858 Romero By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1858 ROMERO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 674, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 8587.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 6120.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** 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`
- **2000-08-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-06-26** 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`
- **2000-06-22** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-05-31** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-04-25** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-04-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 5768.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-03-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** 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`
- **2000-02-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-08** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2000-02-07** 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/3fda6126-46bb-4f65-bdde-f14b15a4ec73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).