---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public assistance: child support services."
description: "Public assistance: child support services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 472"
citation: "California AB 472 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public assistance: child support services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aroner"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 11
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e7d640e-2538-433f-9561-5d27a529f68a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB472"
source_hash: "85be2f6156af28c06ce1744a56a37ddd071ce0397f5dfd7b050c6fa79a92fc51"
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 472 (19992000) — Public assistance: child support services.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB472&version=19990AB47299INT)
2. **03/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB472&version=19990AB47298AMD)
3. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB472&version=19990AB47297AMD)
4. **06/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB472&version=19990AB47296AMD)
5. **07/12/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB472&version=19990AB47295AMD)
6. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB472&version=19990AB47294AMD)
7. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB472&version=19990AB47293AMD)
8. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB472&version=19990AB47292AMD)
9. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB472&version=19990AB47290CHP)
10. **AB472** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB472)
11. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB472&version=19990AB47291ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Health and Human Services. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Committee amendments. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 472 ARONER THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB472 Aroner By Schiff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 472 ARONER CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aroner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 803, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 24. Page 4439.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 2. Page 3224.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, 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, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on H. & H.S. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary and H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 15. Page 2174.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (April 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 23). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **1999-02-18** 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/8e7d640e-2538-433f-9561-5d27a529f68a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).