---
type: "Bill"
title: "Legal entities: organization and operation."
description: "Legal entities: organization and operation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 198"
citation: "California AB 198 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legal entities: organization and operation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-01-21"
last_action: "1999-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40573a4d-0716-4e24-9eaf-18898729ab43"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB198"
source_hash: "7cbf4a572387b40ffedbca4e60dbec2878dd44d6d475c13e0dba99355465cb6a"
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 198 (19992000) — Legal entities: organization and operation.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/21/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB198&version=19990AB19899INT)
2. **06/10/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB198&version=19990AB19898AMD)
3. **07/06/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB198&version=19990AB19897AMD)
4. **09/21/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB198&version=19990AB19895CHP)
5. **AB198** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB198)
6. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB198&version=19990AB19896ENR)

## Votes

- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #23 AB198 Ackerman — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3504.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2568.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-07-06** 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`
- **1999-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 960.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-05** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-03-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-22** From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
- **1999-01-21** 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/40573a4d-0716-4e24-9eaf-18898729ab43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).