---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hearing aid dispensers."
description: "Hearing aid dispensers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 545"
citation: "California AB 545 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Hearing aid dispensers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Robert Pacheco"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e5b2b3f-489f-4a62-bcfc-d763b7f1a29a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB545"
source_hash: "eb8fc71fc5f359f09681ee809a85908ef54700488b5fb81f4cfc3b17e8d5fae2"
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 545 (19992000) — Hearing aid dispensers.

## 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=199920000AB545&version=19990AB54599INT)
2. **04/29/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB545&version=19990AB54598AMD)
3. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB545&version=19990AB54597AMD)
4. **06/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB545&version=19990AB54596AMD)
5. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB545&version=19990AB54595AMD)
6. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB545&version=19990AB54594AMD)
7. **09/21/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB545&version=19990AB54592CHP)
8. **AB545** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB545)
9. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB545&version=19990AB54593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB545 Robert Pache By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 545 FLOYD THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 545 PACHECO, ROBE CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Robert Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 440, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 1. Page 3778.) `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.
- **1999-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 4. Page 2794.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-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, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-07** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **1999-07-02** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-22** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 22. Page 1925.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** 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 5. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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/8e5b2b3f-489f-4a62-bcfc-d763b7f1a29a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).