---
type: "Bill"
title: "Telephone corporations: customer right of privacy."
description: "Telephone corporations: customer right of privacy."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 617"
citation: "California AB 617 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Telephone corporations: customer right of privacy."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "1999-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b61d6938-0a9a-400e-9736-f40504f7190d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB617"
source_hash: "aa424e9687b1184617884bc083d29c4408f1749a4ebde4a5a3cbee4313b3a6e9"
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 617 (19992000) — Telephone corporations: customer right of privacy.

## 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=199920000AB617&version=19990AB61799INT)
2. **04/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB617&version=19990AB61798AMD)
3. **06/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB617&version=19990AB61797AMD)
4. **08/30/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB617&version=19990AB61795CHP)
5. **AB617** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB617)
6. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB617&version=19990AB61796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 617 CAMPBELL CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #20 AB617 Campbell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 256, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3217.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2304.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications. `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 76. Noes 0. Page 1775.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `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/b61d6938-0a9a-400e-9736-f40504f7190d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).