---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public beach restoration."
description: "Public beach restoration."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 64"
citation: "California AB 64 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public beach restoration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ducheny"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82f380d3-5426-4965-b0cb-88ab26bfac25"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB64"
source_hash: "4274bc2192db5aec282171ae2197ff1dfd208ce7846e714ff4b0a031bfca8b29"
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 64 (19992000) — Public beach restoration.

## 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=199920000AB64&version=19990AB6499INT)
2. **01/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB64&version=19990AB6498AMD)
3. **03/03/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB64&version=19990AB6497AMD)
4. **03/22/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB64&version=19990AB6496AMD)
5. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB64&version=19990AB6495AMD)
6. **07/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB64&version=19990AB6494AMD)
7. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB64&version=19990AB6492CHP)
8. **AB64** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB64)
9. **09/07/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB64&version=19990AB6493ENR)

## Votes

- AB 64 DUCHENY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB64 Ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 64 DUCHENY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ducheny — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Baugh — coauthor (person)
- Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Morrow — coauthor (person)
- O'Connell — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 798, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 6. Page 3916.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 4. Page 2901.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 7. Page 2273.) `passage, reading-3, 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 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (March 15). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-01-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. `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/82f380d3-5426-4965-b0cb-88ab26bfac25`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).