---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sexually violent predators."
description: "Sexually violent predators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 2849"
citation: "California AB 2849 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sexually violent predators."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Havice"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-03-02"
last_action: "2000-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe311627-f858-455e-8a4d-34bf6d6eb94c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2849"
source_hash: "9767576840114e8d88dfa4110cc2832b889af2f80a15cf42c9acd2053528b468"
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 2849 (19992000) — Sexually violent predators.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/02/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2849&version=19990AB284999INT)
2. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2849&version=19990AB284998AMD)
3. **06/19/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2849&version=19990AB284997AMD)
4. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2849&version=19990AB284996AMD)
5. **08/30/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2849&version=19990AB284995AMD)
6. **09/26/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2849&version=19990AB284993CHP)
7. **AB2849** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2849)
8. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB2849&version=19990AB284994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2849 HAVICE CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2849 Havice By Schiff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2849 HAVICE AMEND BY MALDONADO LAY ON THE TABLE BY SHELLEY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2849 HAVICE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Havice — primary (person)
- Cardoza — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 643, 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. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 8938.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6407.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** From Consent Calendar. To third reading. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **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`
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-06-19** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6970.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Passed on file.
- **2000-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-03** From printer. May be heard in committee April 2.
- **2000-03-02** 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/fe311627-f858-455e-8a4d-34bf6d6eb94c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).