---
type: "Bill"
title: "Professions and vocations: background checks."
description: "Professions and vocations: background checks."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 341"
citation: "California AB 341 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Professions and vocations: background checks."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cox"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-11"
last_action: "1999-09-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83afc552-9a3f-42a6-8083-673d8993d8b9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB341"
source_hash: "5f1eb8242b67a680434f3c051e8517c20714cfc5841a3fee9fe6e0c9f8a2a69e"
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 341 (19992000) — Professions and vocations: background checks.

## 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=199920000AB341&version=19990AB34199INT)
2. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB341&version=19990AB34198AMD)
3. **06/21/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB341&version=19990AB34197AMD)
4. **07/06/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB341&version=19990AB34196AMD)
5. **09/03/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB341&version=19990AB34194CHP)
6. **AB341** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB341)
7. **08/23/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB341&version=19990AB34195ENR)

## Votes

- AB 341 COX THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 341 COX CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB341 Cox By Rainey — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 318, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **1999-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 5. Page 3351.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 2506.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-07-06** 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`
- **1999-06-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 6. Page 2295.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `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/83afc552-9a3f-42a6-8083-673d8993d8b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).