---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensing."
description: "Licensing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 253"
citation: "California AB 253 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Licensing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-01"
last_action: "1999-09-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffb49891-0d10-46dd-b2f3-40b0a6612a1f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB253"
source_hash: "055bf86043fa410bad905b239622eb47d14e61b7f68447fb3116672eacbed4e6"
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 253 (19992000) — Licensing.

## 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=199920000AB253&version=19990AB25399INT)
2. **04/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB253&version=19990AB25398AMD)
3. **05/28/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB253&version=19990AB25397AMD)
4. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB253&version=19990AB25396AMD)
5. **09/16/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB253&version=19990AB25394CHP)
6. **AB253** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB253)
7. **09/01/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB253&version=19990AB25395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 253 THOMSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB253 Thomson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB253 Thomson by Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 253 THOMSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 406, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 5. Page 3698.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 7. Page 2725.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **1999-07-15** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **1999-07-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2138.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 8. Page 1662.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-03** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **1999-04-29** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Thomson.
- **1999-04-19** To inactive file on motion of Assembly Member Thomson.
- **1999-04-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-02-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `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/ffb49891-0d10-46dd-b2f3-40b0a6612a1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).