---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conservation camps."
description: "Conservation camps."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1999"
citation: "California AB 1999 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation camps."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-02-18"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e030019d-166f-4692-886f-aead952e0531"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1999"
source_hash: "81851da9bd7d78447b2236b3a13f78fa9a5af5f959153df5f21c6ee5fa798a8b"
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 1999 (19992000) — Conservation camps.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1999&version=19990AB199999INT)
2. **04/04/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1999&version=19990AB199998AMD)
3. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1999&version=19990AB199997AMD)
4. **06/20/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1999&version=19990AB199996AMD)
5. **06/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1999&version=19990AB199995AMD)
6. **08/14/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1999&version=19990AB199994AMD)
7. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1999&version=19990AB199993AMD)
8. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1999&version=19990AB199991CHP)
9. **AB1999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1999)
10. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1999&version=19990AB199992ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1999 DICKERSON SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1999 Dickerson By Leslie — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1999 DICKERSON 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Costa — principal coauthor (person)
- House — coauthor (person)
- Kelley — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- Leslie — coauthor (person)
- Monteith — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Rainey — coauthor (person)
- Sher — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 709, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 9027.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6351.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-10** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6869.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-04** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 27). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2000-02-18** 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/e030019d-166f-4692-886f-aead952e0531`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).