---
type: "Bill"
title: "Instructional materials: disabled students."
description: "Instructional materials: disabled students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 422"
citation: "California AB 422 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Instructional materials: disabled students."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-12"
last_action: "1999-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8bfd493-4361-405b-9949-7bed18b2fadb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB422"
source_hash: "676659af27f50862b5b220d4c4693c712c82ce644f11587d48a5fe9bf82ddd10"
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 422 (19992000) — Instructional materials: disabled students.

## 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=199920000AB422&version=19990AB42299INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB422&version=19990AB42298AMD)
3. **05/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB422&version=19990AB42297AMD)
4. **06/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB422&version=19990AB42296AMD)
5. **06/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB422&version=19990AB42295AMD)
6. **09/15/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB422&version=19990AB42293CHP)
7. **AB422** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB422)
8. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB422&version=19990AB42294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 422 STEINBERG CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB422 Steinberg Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 422 STEINBERG THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 379, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 4. Page 3438.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 0. Page 2559.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-30** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-29** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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 73. Noes 4. Page 1998.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 3.) (May 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and HIGHER Standing Committee on Education. `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/a8bfd493-4361-405b-9949-7bed18b2fadb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).