---
type: "Bill"
title: "Job training: California YouthBuild Program."
description: "Job training: California YouthBuild Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 643"
citation: "California AB 643 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Job training: California YouthBuild Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wesson"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-23"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21dac73d-0888-4cf5-9112-888d49295735"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB643"
source_hash: "fe60d619d433a70174d926e8e6a43ccab17b184a5e8d165035ed7cfa566514c3"
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 643 (19992000) — Job training: California YouthBuild Program.

## 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=199920000AB643&version=19990AB64399INT)
2. **04/14/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB643&version=19990AB64398AMD)
3. **04/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB643&version=19990AB64397AMD)
4. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB643&version=19990AB64396AMD)
5. **09/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB643&version=19990AB64395AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB643&version=19990AB64393CHP)
7. **AB643** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB643)
8. **09/08/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB643&version=19990AB64394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB643 Wesson By Vasconcellos — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 643 WESSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 643 WESSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wesson — primary (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Hayden — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 829, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 6. Page 4082.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 2971.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-23** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **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, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on I.R. `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 60. Noes 17. Page 2178.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 21). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `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/21dac73d-0888-4cf5-9112-888d49295735`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).