---
type: "Bill"
title: "Armories: homeless shelters."
description: "Armories: homeless shelters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 612"
citation: "California AB 612 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Armories: homeless shelters."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 25
vote_count: 10
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b53bd804-07c2-4a60-bb1d-791b73e8ef55"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB612"
source_hash: "9ace644c440e38c8430e1ce743bc2aa241158c61f67e695b9f064efc2031902d"
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 612 (19992000) — Armories: homeless shelters.

## 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=199920000AB612&version=19990AB61299INT)
2. **04/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB612&version=19990AB61298AMD)
3. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB612&version=19990AB61297AMD)
4. **09/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB612&version=19990AB61296AMD)
5. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB612&version=19990AB61294CHP)
6. **AB612** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB612)
7. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB612&version=19990AB61295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 612 JACKSON MOTION TO RE-REFER TO COMMITTEE — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB612 Jackson By Burton Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 612 JACKSON 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 612 JACKSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Burton — author (person)
- O'Connell — principal coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 793, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:05 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 62. Noes 16. Page 4474.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-10** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (September 9). `committee-passage`
- **1999-09-09** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 4145.)
- **1999-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 4105.). `referral-committee`
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 2970.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended. In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **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, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 14. Page 2246.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (April 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 7). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `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/b53bd804-07c2-4a60-bb1d-791b73e8ef55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).