---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter schools: collective bargaining."
description: "Charter schools: collective bargaining."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 631"
citation: "California AB 631 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter schools: collective bargaining."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Migden"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3411ac3f-499f-4584-90f0-e7a7c9ace343"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB631"
source_hash: "3ffb544c681d2bfb82d7ccf2e0a76322790109e9d70c9fdbf6ea1e5c01120778"
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 631 (19992000) — Charter schools: collective bargaining.

## 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=199920000AB631&version=19990AB63199INT)
2. **05/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB631&version=19990AB63198AMD)
3. **05/18/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB631&version=19990AB63197AMD)
4. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB631&version=19990AB63196AMD)
5. **06/02/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB631&version=19990AB63195AMD)
6. **07/06/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB631&version=19990AB63194AMD)
7. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB631&version=19990AB63193AMD)
8. **08/26/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB631&version=19990AB63192AMD)
9. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB631&version=19990AB63190CHP)
10. **AB631** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB631)
11. **09/03/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB631&version=19990AB63191ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB631 Migden By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 631 MIGDEN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 631 MIGDEN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Migden — primary (person)
- Hughes — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 828, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **1999-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 55. Noes 22. Page 3813.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **1999-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2772.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 4.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 10. Noes 4.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 18. Page 2477.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-03** Assembly Rule 69 (d) suspended.
- **1999-06-02** Assembly Rule 69 (b) suspended. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** Referred to Standing Committee on Education From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, 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/3411ac3f-499f-4584-90f0-e7a7c9ace343`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).