---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telecommunications: services."
description: "Telecommunications: services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 535"
citation: "California AB 535 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telecommunications: services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc78cfb3-9e6f-435f-9815-04085ebcf535"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB535"
source_hash: "327eeb5e0e0a5f75ed97dc0efca02bb5e5199d4733315691ee2062f363b2513d"
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 535 (19992000) — Telecommunications: 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=199920000AB535&version=19990AB53599INT)
2. **04/07/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB535&version=19990AB53598AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB535&version=19990AB53597AMD)
4. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB535&version=19990AB53596AMD)
5. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB535&version=19990AB53595AMD)
6. **09/15/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB535&version=19990AB53593CHP)
7. **AB535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB535)
8. **08/30/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB535&version=19990AB53594ENR)

## Votes

- AB 535 REYES THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 535 REYES CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB535 Reyes Bowen — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 384, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
- **1999-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 3613.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2676.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **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, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `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 43. Noes 28. Page 1770.) `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 14. Noes 7.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** 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`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `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/dc78cfb3-9e6f-435f-9815-04085ebcf535`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).