---
type: "Bill"
title: "Human milk."
description: "Human milk."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 532"
citation: "California AB 532 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Human milk."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lempert"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1feb8b47-c553-45d4-bcec-b7ffeba986c7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB532"
source_hash: "6d21ca794160eab3a9d5830566383ecd5fc4622818c982157784c44811274f82"
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 532 (19992000) — Human milk.

## 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=199920000AB532&version=19990AB53299INT)
2. **05/17/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB532&version=19990AB53298AMD)
3. **07/12/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB532&version=19990AB53296CHP)
4. **AB532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB532)
5. **06/24/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB532&version=19990AB53297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 532 LEMPERT THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB532 Lempert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lempert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-07-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 87, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-06-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **1999-06-24** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1848.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1849.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `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/1feb8b47-c553-45d4-bcec-b7ffeba986c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).