---
type: "Bill"
title: "Corporations: evidences of indebtedness."
description: "Corporations: evidences of indebtedness."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 244"
citation: "California AB 244 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations: evidences of indebtedness."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-01"
last_action: "2000-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2f11ad8-e36b-4b4b-9fbe-72308eb37522"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB244"
source_hash: "d803851e877c5d6549bc974206015e6a95954bebae20684143c293e07232ea64"
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 244 (19992000) — Corporations: evidences of indebtedness.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/01/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB244&version=19990AB24499INT)
2. **01/11/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB244&version=19990AB24497AMD)
3. **03/17/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB244&version=19990AB24498AMD)
4. **06/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB244&version=19990AB24496AMD)
5. **07/06/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB244&version=19990AB24495AMD)
6. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB244&version=19990AB24494AMD)
7. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB244&version=19990AB24493AMD)
8. **08/21/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB244&version=19990AB24492AMD)
9. **09/18/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB244&version=19990AB24490CHP)
10. **AB244** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB244)
11. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB244&version=19990AB24491ENR)

## Votes

- AB 244 ACKERMAN CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB244 Ackerman By Johannessen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 468, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 8784.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6101.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-24** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file. Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on F.,I. & I.T. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, 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 Com. on F.,I. & I.T. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-06-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
- **2000-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on F.,I. & I.T. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-05** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-03-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Com. on F.,I. & I.T. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4924.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 4854.) From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-04-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set.
- **1999-03-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-02** From printer. May be heard in committee March 4.
- **1999-02-01** 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/d2f11ad8-e36b-4b4b-9fbe-72308eb37522`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).