---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public records: disclosure."
description: "Public records: disclosure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2799"
citation: "California AB 2799 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public records: disclosure."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-28"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91ccf775-388c-4fa7-b8a1-33af37a18c21"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2799"
source_hash: "f9f3d83b6d5de753c4ebcebdb328109e7e13a4c3f7a4945d694fd561a04d1ca8"
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 2799 (19992000) — Public records: disclosure.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/28/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2799&version=19990AB279999INT)
2. **04/27/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2799&version=19990AB279998AMD)
3. **05/23/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2799&version=19990AB279997AMD)
4. **06/22/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2799&version=19990AB279996AMD)
5. **07/06/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2799&version=19990AB279995AMD)
6. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2799&version=19990AB279993CHP)
7. **AB2799** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2799)
8. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2799&version=19990AB279994ENR)

## Votes

- Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2799 Shelley By Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2799 SHELLEY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelley — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — principal coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 982, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 8364.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5992.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-07-06** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-07-05** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-22** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 6573.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-22** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 2.) (May 17). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2000-05-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-27** Joint Rule 61 (b)(5) suspended.
- **2000-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2000-04-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-03-16** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-29** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2000-02-28** Joint Rule 54 suspended. Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. 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/91ccf775-388c-4fa7-b8a1-33af37a18c21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).