---
type: "Bill"
title: "Civil rights: disability."
description: "Civil rights: disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2222"
citation: "California AB 2222 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil rights: disability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuehl"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c7da8e1-20c0-4ab7-8784-83d5a442b958"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2222"
source_hash: "15c9b38a0d735a6ceec8b90aebbabc0dfe96eeef416c810f3a2e8a366c141b54"
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 2222 (19992000) — Civil rights: disability.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2222&version=19990AB222299INT)
2. **04/05/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2222&version=19990AB222298AMD)
3. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2222&version=19990AB222297AMD)
4. **07/06/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2222&version=19990AB222296AMD)
5. **08/28/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2222&version=19990AB222295AMD)
6. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2222&version=19990AB222293CHP)
7. **AB2222** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2222)
8. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2222&version=19990AB222294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2222 Kuehl By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2222 KUEHL CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Labor and Employment. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2222 KUEHL THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kuehl — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1049, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 44. Noes 32. Page 8829.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 6244.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-21** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-06** Joint Rule 61 (b)(12) suspended.
- **2000-07-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 32. Page 6891.) `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 14. Noes 7.) (May 24). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-04** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (May 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** Joint Rule 61 (b)(5) suspended.
- **2000-04-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (April 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-05** 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`
- **2000-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2000-02-24** 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/0c7da8e1-20c0-4ab7-8784-83d5a442b958`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).