---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child welfare services."
description: "Child welfare services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 575"
citation: "California AB 575 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child welfare services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aroner"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdf6d136-8ad8-4c29-94b2-31cc7df1e3c2"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB575"
source_hash: "7d0d164ff8355822fdc295aa196b7fcba624351952e53c6b5f904c6ab889515e"
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 575 (19992000) — Child welfare services.

## 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=199920000AB575&version=19990AB57599INT)
2. **04/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB575&version=19990AB57598AMD)
3. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB575&version=19990AB57597AMD)
4. **08/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB575&version=19990AB57596AMD)
5. **09/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB575&version=19990AB57595AMD)
6. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB575&version=19990AB57594AMD)
7. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB575&version=19990AB57592CHP)
8. **AB575** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB575)
9. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB575&version=19990AB57593ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB575 Aroner By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 575 ARONER THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 575 ARONER CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aroner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 997, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:15 a.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 5. Page 4318.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 5. Page 3131.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-19** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-18** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-23** Referred to H. & H.S. and Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 9. Page 2177.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 3.) (April 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-06** 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 (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `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/fdf6d136-8ad8-4c29-94b2-31cc7df1e3c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).