---
type: "Bill"
title: "Internet escrow transactions."
description: "Internet escrow transactions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 333"
citation: "California AB 333 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Internet escrow transactions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papan"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-11"
last_action: "2000-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/061d8cc3-1232-4b68-973c-3504d1c4995b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB333"
source_hash: "9b87c60a45720745a246b63d5b53d06f002166d341b1478f7b2f97a93eeaeffd"
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 333 (19992000) — Internet escrow transactions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB333&version=19990AB33399INT)
2. **01/10/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB333&version=19990AB33397AMD)
3. **01/12/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB333&version=19990AB33396AMD)
4. **06/13/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB333&version=19990AB33395AMD)
5. **06/20/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB333&version=19990AB33394AMD)
6. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB333&version=19990AB33393AMD)
7. **09/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB333&version=19990AB33398AMD)
8. **09/14/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB333&version=19990AB33391CHP)
9. **AB333** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB333)
10. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB333&version=19990AB33392ENR)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 333 PAPAN SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB333 Papan By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Papan — primary (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 8373.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5917.) `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`
- **2000-08-08** (Corrected August 7. )
- **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`
- **2000-06-20** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on F.,I. & I.T. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Com. on F.,I. & I.T. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4966.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 4854.) From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-14** Joint Rule 61(b)(1) suspended. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4822) Joint Rule 62 (a), file notice waived (Page 4822).
- **2000-01-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-09-10** 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`
- **1999-05-26** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-02-25** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **1999-02-11** 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/061d8cc3-1232-4b68-973c-3504d1c4995b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).