---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rural Development Export Act of 1999."
description: "Rural Development Export Act of 1999."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 61"
citation: "California AB 61 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Rural Development Export Act of 1999."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardoza"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6cfe7ecd-c695-494a-86af-bea02a4e3eff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB61"
source_hash: "45b9107dd8fa84d61ac093a4b34cba603781bcca13d14d2706018c0d68ffdcaf"
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 61 (19992000) — Rural Development Export Act of 1999.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/07/98 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB61&version=19990AB6199INT)
2. **06/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB61&version=19990AB6198AMD)
3. **08/18/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB61&version=19990AB6197AMD)
4. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB61&version=19990AB6195CHP)
5. **AB61** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB61)
6. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB61&version=19990AB6196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 61 CARDOZA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 61 CARDOZA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB61 Cardoza Poochigian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Utilities and Commerce. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardoza — primary (person)
- Alquist — author (person)
- Briggs — author (person)
- Calderon — author (person)
- Costa — coauthor (person)
- Florez — author (person)
- Johannessen — coauthor (person)
- Leslie — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — author (person)
- Monteith — coauthor (person)
- Poochigian — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 598, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 3. Page 3445.) `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.
- **1999-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 1. Page 2603.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-14** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Com. on F.,I. & I.T. `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 71. Noes 3. Page 1746.) `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 21. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-01-11** Referred to I. T. & D. and Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **1998-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
- **1998-12-07** 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/6cfe7ecd-c695-494a-86af-bea02a4e3eff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).