---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State University: trustees."
description: "California State University: trustees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 213"
citation: "California AB 213 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California State University: trustees."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-01-25"
last_action: "1999-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71c530e4-9d09-41ae-b74c-d9df66ed0e55"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB213"
source_hash: "73394b6150f6ef1746b08c4f0ee98374d31c419250a1eee15175350fde3e546a"
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 213 (19992000) — California State University: trustees.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB213&version=19990AB21399INT)
2. **03/23/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB213&version=19990AB21398AMD)
3. **04/26/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB213&version=19990AB21397AMD)
4. **08/30/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB213&version=19990AB21395CHP)
5. **AB213** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB213)
6. **08/19/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB213&version=19990AB21396ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB213 Romero By O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 213 ROMERO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Polanco — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 251, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **1999-08-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 14. Page 2503.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 1898.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 20). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **1999-01-25** 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/71c530e4-9d09-41ae-b74c-d9df66ed0e55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).