---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder abuse: punishment."
description: "Elder abuse: punishment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 559"
citation: "California AB 559 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder abuse: punishment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nakano"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "2000-08-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cb87d6d-140c-4210-a962-2985840596d3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB559"
source_hash: "0fcd04dd694b0b4a715b59ead71ebb47e2e35d7742a59bf7a270da4477616916"
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 559 (19992000) — Elder abuse: punishment.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/19/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB559&version=19990AB55999INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB559&version=19990AB55998AMD)
3. **04/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB559&version=19990AB55997AMD)
4. **05/24/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB559&version=19990AB55996AMD)
5. **06/22/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB559&version=19990AB55995AMD)
6. **08/22/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB559&version=19990AB55993CHP)
7. **AB559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB559)
8. **08/10/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB559&version=19990AB55994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB559 Nakano — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Set, first hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nakano — primary (person)
- Aanestad — coauthor (person)
- Baca — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Costa — coauthor (person)
- Cunneen — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Johannessen — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Oller — coauthor (person)
- Rainey — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-08-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-08-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 7833.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-07-06** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5501.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-22** 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`
- **1999-07-14** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-22** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2059.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **1999-02-19** 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/3cb87d6d-140c-4210-a962-2985840596d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).