---
type: "Bill"
title: "Municipal utility districts: bid requirements."
description: "Municipal utility districts: bid requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 616"
citation: "California AB 616 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Municipal utility districts: bid requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Oller"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "1999-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/385c6068-1c24-4b7a-ac9c-6478bc6e1c68"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB616"
source_hash: "1aeee15713e30a4378e6969a67577674e188c0d01aaf1684332ee4e16bf08291"
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 616 (19992000) — Municipal utility districts: bid requirements.

## 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=199920000AB616&version=19990AB61699INT)
2. **04/21/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB616&version=19990AB61698AMD)
3. **06/09/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB616&version=19990AB61697AMD)
4. **07/06/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB616&version=19990AB61695CHP)
5. **AB616** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB616)
6. **06/28/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB616&version=19990AB61696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 616 OLLER CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB616 Oller — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 616 OLLER THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Oller — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-07-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 55, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-06-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **1999-06-28** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2760.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 1847.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-21** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 2. Page 1387.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 7). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-03-23** 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/385c6068-1c24-4b7a-ac9c-6478bc6e1c68`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).