---
type: "Bill"
title: "Youth Authority."
description: "Youth Authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 637"
citation: "California AB 637 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Youth Authority."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Migden"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "1999-02-23"
last_action: "1999-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/155f17d4-01bd-43a1-8256-d4638e62a014"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB637"
source_hash: "ef03ada801d175e3b4a555a261bf3b9fb08d6c27c6b4d49434e1b4d3e9f4b3cf"
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 637 (19992000) — Youth Authority.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/23/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB637&version=19990AB63799INT)
2. **09/07/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB637&version=19990AB63797CHP)
3. **AB637** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB637)
4. **07/08/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB637&version=19990AB63798ENR)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #18 AB637 Migden — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Migden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **1999-07-15** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly. Held at desk.
- **1999-07-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **1999-07-08** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-07-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2141.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-06** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1250.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-15** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **1999-02-23** 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/155f17d4-01bd-43a1-8256-d4638e62a014`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).