---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disabled veterans: contracts."
description: "Disabled veterans: contracts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 409"
citation: "California AB 409 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabled veterans: contracts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-12"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c78744c2-9740-4d3e-8216-87404414d1cc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB409"
source_hash: "bef0e591eca3e540341325f524728fabc7251ed5b0988ef95eebaeae5dd63ac4"
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 409 (19992000) — Disabled veterans: contracts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB409&version=19990AB40999INT)
2. **04/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB409&version=19990AB40998AMD)
3. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB409&version=19990AB40997AMD)
4. **07/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB409&version=19990AB40996AMD)
5. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB409&version=19990AB40995AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB409&version=19990AB40993CHP)
7. **AB409** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB409)
8. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB409&version=19990AB40994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #26 AB409 Dickerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Utilities and Commerce. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Bates — author (person)
- Johannessen — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Rod Pacheco — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 767, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-09** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3787.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2727.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2054.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to V. A. and Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **1999-02-12** 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/c78744c2-9740-4d3e-8216-87404414d1cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).