---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: peace officers: disability."
description: "Workers' compensation: peace officers: disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 224"
citation: "California AB 224 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: peace officers: disability."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knox"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "1999-01-28"
last_action: "1999-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42af2d26-d53b-4c84-9012-26d89fa27eed"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB224"
source_hash: "2485f62c252de08c0e2f42fa9d5861cc95f3302e8ef981e25946c49af56add20"
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 224 (19992000) — Workers' compensation: peace officers: disability.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/28/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB224&version=19990AB22499INT)
2. **08/31/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB224&version=19990AB22497CHP)
3. **AB224** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB224)
4. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB224&version=19990AB22498ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 224 KNOX THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB224 Knox By Solis — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Knox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-17** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2410.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Com. on I.R. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 9. Page 1832.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-02-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **1999-01-28** 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/42af2d26-d53b-4c84-9012-26d89fa27eed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).