---
type: "Bill"
title: "Health facilities: sale of assets."
description: "Health facilities: sale of assets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 254"
citation: "California AB 254 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health facilities: sale of assets."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedillo"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-01"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9db6ef0-5067-48a7-ac10-62b3276aa933"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB254"
source_hash: "a64cce7c7f579c1b92620752031ca500763abac8645e2dd285f92ea6e21482ab"
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 254 (19992000) — Health facilities: sale of assets.

## 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=199920000AB254&version=19990AB25499INT)
2. **03/04/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB254&version=19990AB25498AMD)
3. **03/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB254&version=19990AB25497AMD)
4. **04/08/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB254&version=19990AB25496AMD)
5. **05/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB254&version=19990AB25495AMD)
6. **07/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB254&version=19990AB25494AMD)
7. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB254&version=19990AB25493AMD)
8. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB254&version=19990AB25492AMD)
9. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB254&version=19990AB25490CHP)
10. **AB254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB254)
11. **08/31/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB254&version=19990AB25491ENR)

## Votes

- AB 254 CEDILLO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB254 Cedillo By Johnston — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 254 CEDILLO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cedillo — primary (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 850, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **1999-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 39. Noes 6. Page 3671.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 2674.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-15** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 2. Page 2001.) (Corrected May 26. ) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 6). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-17** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 9). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/a9db6ef0-5067-48a7-ac10-62b3276aa933`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).