---
type: "Bill"
title: "Instruction: sex education."
description: "Instruction: sex education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 246"
citation: "California AB 246 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Instruction: sex education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cunneen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-01"
last_action: "1999-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0878b11-850c-4477-86c2-002256016078"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB246"
source_hash: "d8a5c02ffd177edfdd19e7ec8267c4a894a24cad30e161d5931e9089865b8a53"
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 246 (19992000) — Instruction: sex education.

## 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=199920000AB246&version=19990AB24699INT)
2. **03/23/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB246&version=19990AB24698AMD)
3. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB246&version=19990AB24697AMD)
4. **08/26/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB246&version=19990AB24695CHP)
5. **AB246** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB246)
6. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB246&version=19990AB24696ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB246 Cunneen O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 246 CUNNEEN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cunneen — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Honda — author (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Migden — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Wildman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 234, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-25** 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 11. Page 2403.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 2288.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-24** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 17). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Education (Corrected February 3. ). `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/b0878b11-850c-4477-86c2-002256016078`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).