---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal history information: access by public housing authority."
description: "Criminal history information: access by public housing authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 234"
citation: "California AB 234 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal history information: access by public housing authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-01-28"
last_action: "1999-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4b72cde-6193-4ad2-8e4c-77279a816154"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB234"
source_hash: "5e918f02a30f784348e16624a303e0c37f4bf0e1c901213434cfa463b079b8f2"
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 234 (19992000) — Criminal history information: access by public housing authority.

## 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=199920000AB234&version=19990AB23499INT)
2. **06/01/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB234&version=19990AB23497CHP)
3. **AB234** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB234)
4. **05/24/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB234&version=19990AB23498ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #11 AB234 Lowenthal — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 234 LOWENTHAL CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowenthal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-06-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 31, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-06-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-05-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **1999-05-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-03-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 811.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-03-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-02-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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/f4b72cde-6193-4ad2-8e4c-77279a816154`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).