---
type: "Bill"
title: "School employees: sex offense: definition."
description: "School employees: sex offense: definition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 457"
citation: "California AB 457 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School employees: sex offense: definition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-16"
last_action: "1999-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/063deb7a-7ebf-451d-a8a6-8bba84814f29"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB457"
source_hash: "101291c47f73fb44366d28a2cf6309d929e93548d89d2b61c623ca4cf6306552"
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 457 (19992000) — School employees: sex offense: definition.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB457&version=19990AB45799INT)
2. **03/22/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB457&version=19990AB45798AMD)
3. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB457&version=19990AB45797AMD)
4. **06/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB457&version=19990AB45796AMD)
5. **09/01/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB457&version=19990AB45794CHP)
6. **AB457** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB457)
7. **08/19/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB457&version=19990AB45795ENR)

## Votes

- 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
- AB 457 SCOTT THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 457 SCOTT SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #20 AB457 Scott By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 281, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **1999-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3312.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2304.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1752.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** 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`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** 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`
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **1999-02-16** 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/063deb7a-7ebf-451d-a8a6-8bba84814f29`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).