---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education: academic personnel files."
description: "Education: academic personnel files."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 344"
citation: "California AB 344 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education: academic personnel files."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knox"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-02-11"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13d45fb8-ce9e-47c9-88eb-117490897145"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB344"
source_hash: "e92767a9965da4c307718f28bb9c50e12136ed2385590b38ab5f62e805db9108"
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 344 (19992000) — Education: academic personnel files.

## 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=199920000AB344&version=19990AB34499INT)
2. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB344&version=19990AB34498AMD)
3. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB344&version=19990AB34497AMD)
4. **09/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB344&version=19990AB34496AMD)
5. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB344&version=19990AB34494CHP)
6. **AB344** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB344)
7. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB344&version=19990AB34495ENR)

## Votes

- AB 344 KNOX 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 344 KNOX CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 2nd Reading AB344 Knox By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Higher Education. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Knox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 878, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:05 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 5. Page 4320.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-09** Read second time. To third reading. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3155.) `reading-3, passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-23** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 4. Page 2296.) `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 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (March 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and HIGHER Standing Committee on Education. `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/13d45fb8-ce9e-47c9-88eb-117490897145`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).