---
type: "Bill"
title: "Film California First Program."
description: "Film California First Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 484"
citation: "California AB 484 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Film California First Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuehl"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 34
vote_count: 11
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95ccbb8e-c300-4527-9630-867668d2fa98"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484"
source_hash: "12aa20dfc54ceee42ee9d016de489d237e11110acde2c75aac4c06a8a110980c"
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 484 (19992000) — Film California First Program.

## 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=199920000AB484&version=19990AB48499INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484&version=19990AB48498AMD)
3. **05/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484&version=19990AB48497AMD)
4. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484&version=19990AB48496AMD)
5. **06/13/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484&version=19990AB48494AMD)
6. **06/21/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484&version=19990AB48493AMD)
7. **07/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484&version=19990AB48495AMD)
8. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484&version=19990AB48492AMD)
9. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484&version=19990AB48491AMD)
10. **08/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484&version=19990AB48490AMD)
11. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484&version=19990AB48488CHP)
12. **AB484** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484)
13. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB484&version=19990AB48489ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB484 Kuehl Schiff — **fail** (fail) · upper
- AB 484 KUEHL THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 484 KUEHL CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB484 Kuehl Schiff Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB484 Kuehl By Schiff — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kuehl — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Battin — coauthor (person)
- Briggs — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Nakano — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Schiff — coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Wildman — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 699, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 21. Page 8873.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 6290.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 16. Noes 15. Page 6131.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Schiff. Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 6132.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-14** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-07-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `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, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 13. Page 2304.) `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 19. Noes 2.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Revenue and Taxation. `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/95ccbb8e-c300-4527-9630-867668d2fa98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).