---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elections: regular election dates."
description: "Elections: regular election dates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 22"
citation: "California AB 22 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections: regular election dates."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Longville"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "1999-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db6ccb8d-8142-4066-82a6-664010ae1c04"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB22"
source_hash: "13cebccd11ec82c57921ffb42fa32202482f437ba371d2bf12bb24d5e349db48"
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 22 (19992000) — Elections: regular election dates.

## 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=199920000AB22&version=19990AB2299INT)
2. **01/26/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB22&version=19990AB2298AMD)
3. **02/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB22&version=19990AB2297AMD)
4. **03/24/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB22&version=19990AB2295CHP)
5. **AB22** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB22)
6. **03/15/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB22&version=19990AB2296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 22 LONGVILLE CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 22 LONGVILLE 3RD READING URGENCY W/O REFERENCE TO FILE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #1 AB22 Longville By Johnson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Longville — primary (person)
- Costa — coauthor (person)
- Granlund — coauthor (person)
- Johnson — author (person)
- Leonard — coauthor (person)
- Nakano — coauthor (person)
- Olberg — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-03-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 6, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-03-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-03-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **1999-03-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 667.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-03-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-03-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 365.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-02-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-02-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **1999-02-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-01-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (January 28). Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 278.). `committee-passage, reading-3, passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-01-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-01-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (January 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-01-11** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `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/db6ccb8d-8142-4066-82a6-664010ae1c04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).