---
type: "Bill"
title: "Internet escrow agents."
description: "Internet escrow agents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 583"
citation: "California AB 583 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Internet escrow agents."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Papan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "1999-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93e8faeb-0e5e-49d7-b9e4-9b77c8a24bb3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB583"
source_hash: "d1081120e8fe703ca75d7a1a82e6e072820167213fdf1d0aee5ac9c434f45857"
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 583 (19992000) — Internet escrow agents.

## 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=199920000AB583&version=19990AB58399INT)
2. **05/03/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB583&version=19990AB58398AMD)
3. **07/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB583&version=19990AB58397AMD)
4. **09/21/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB583&version=19990AB58395CHP)
5. **AB583** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB583)
6. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB583&version=19990AB58396ENR)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #23 AB583 Papan — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Papan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 441, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3505.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2565.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-07-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-07-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on F.,I. & I.T. `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 79. Noes 0. Page 2211.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 26). Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Banking and Finance. `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/93e8faeb-0e5e-49d7-b9e4-9b77c8a24bb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).