---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trial court funding."
description: "Trial court funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 233"
citation: "California AB 233 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trial court funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-01-28"
last_action: "2000-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c538d9f3-9691-48b7-939d-10eb2083c77c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB233"
source_hash: "1109cf399dc39cb65e84fa1e08cf04981d8e1799ff7cce146f4a2a2bc4533c2b"
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 233 (19992000) — Trial court funding.

## 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=199920000AB233&version=19990AB23399INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB233&version=19990AB23398AMD)
3. **01/12/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB233&version=19990AB23397AMD)
4. **04/04/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB233&version=19990AB23396AMD)
5. **05/05/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB233&version=19990AB23394CHP)
6. **AB233** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB233)
7. **04/24/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB233&version=19990AB23395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 233 DICKERSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB233 Dickerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Transportation. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)
- House — coauthor (person)
- Johannessen — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-05-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 15, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-05-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-04-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2000-04-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5920.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-04-13** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4154.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-04-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-04-04** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4965.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-12** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-03** 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`
- **1999-03-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-02-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/c538d9f3-9691-48b7-939d-10eb2083c77c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).