---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Justice: criminal background checks."
description: "Department of Justice: criminal background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2623"
citation: "California AB 2623 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Justice: criminal background checks."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rod Pacheco"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89bd3208-19fb-421a-a12b-6a09e4039f3d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2623"
source_hash: "46facd8f2e77b5b516233f24b83ae2909624b15180c6b2ed3d1e3ae68d9652e7"
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 2623 (19992000) — Department of Justice: criminal background checks.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2623&version=19990AB262399INT)
2. **04/24/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2623&version=19990AB262398AMD)
3. **05/08/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2623&version=19990AB262397AMD)
4. **05/17/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2623&version=19990AB262396AMD)
5. **06/27/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2623&version=19990AB262395AMD)
6. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2623&version=19990AB262394AMD)
7. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2623&version=19990AB262393AMD)
8. **08/30/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2623&version=19990AB262392AMD)
9. **09/26/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2623&version=19990AB262390CHP)
10. **AB2623** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2623)
11. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2623&version=19990AB262391ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2623 Rod Pacheco By Haynes — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2623 PACHECO, ROD SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rod Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 623, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 8950.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6399.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended. (Page 6220.) Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6220.)
- **2000-08-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-18** 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`
- **2000-08-15** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Hearing postponed by 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 Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-27** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6788.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 24). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** Joint Rule 61 (b)(5) suspended.
- **2000-04-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services In committee: Set, first hearing. Further hearing to be set. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2000-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2000-02-25** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89bd3208-19fb-421a-a12b-6a09e4039f3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).