---
type: "Bill"
title: "Escrow companies: Fidelity Corporation: request for hearing."
description: "Escrow companies: Fidelity Corporation: request for hearing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 517"
citation: "California AB 517 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Escrow companies: Fidelity Corporation: request for hearing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maldonado"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a39ef35-771b-407c-a534-5e283d974cad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB517"
source_hash: "a728de9cc3ea5a95950f0d29635ea44d1f63e7da709694187c126f26bb6e7f1b"
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 517 (19992000) — Escrow companies: Fidelity Corporation: request for hearing.

## 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=199920000AB517&version=19990AB51799INT)
2. **04/12/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB517&version=19990AB51798AMD)
3. **06/22/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB517&version=19990AB51797AMD)
4. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB517&version=19990AB51796AMD)
5. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB517&version=19990AB51794CHP)
6. **AB517** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB517)
7. **09/03/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB517&version=19990AB51795ENR)

## Votes

- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 517 MALDONADO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #27 AB517 Maldonado By Leslie — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maldonado — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 486, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **1999-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3881.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2758.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on F.,I. & I.T. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-05-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-05-12** Referred to Com. on F.,I. & I.T. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1294.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `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/5a39ef35-771b-407c-a534-5e283d974cad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).