---
type: "Bill"
title: "Office of Binational Border Health."
description: "Office of Binational Border Health."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 63"
citation: "California AB 63 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Office of Binational Border Health."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ducheny"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a43e5df-9a2d-4dfd-8112-62afe5f11340"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB63"
source_hash: "779824e6a7436fa698b947de9fab02ba5184851a7f11a3164322dc40a9030b44"
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 63 (19992000) — Office of Binational Border Health.

## 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=199920000AB63&version=19990AB6399INT)
2. **03/03/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB63&version=19990AB6398AMD)
3. **06/22/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB63&version=19990AB6397AMD)
4. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB63&version=19990AB6395CHP)
5. **AB63** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB63)
6. **09/03/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB63&version=19990AB6396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 63 DUCHENY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB63 Ducheny By Kelley — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 63 DUCHENY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ducheny — primary (person)
- Battin — author (person)
- Zettel — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 765, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-09-03** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 62. Noes 13. Page 3856.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 2. Page 2859.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `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 69. Noes 8. Page 2147.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 2.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-01-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `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/2a43e5df-9a2d-4dfd-8112-62afe5f11340`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).