---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indian Child Welfare Act."
description: "Indian Child Welfare Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 65"
citation: "California AB 65 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indian Child Welfare Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ducheny"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "1999-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dca45ad6-df50-46ba-a392-4c373ab6ce5f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB65"
source_hash: "6358f69a6ae4b1f5db1dcb6e3e1f03151a9d4c3ab56128f3e2e4774c7063ecf3"
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 65 (19992000) — Indian Child Welfare Act.

## 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=199920000AB65&version=19990AB6599INT)
2. **04/22/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB65&version=19990AB6598AMD)
3. **09/01/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB65&version=19990AB6596CHP)
4. **AB65** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB65)
5. **08/19/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB65&version=19990AB6597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #22 AB65 Ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 65 DUCHENY 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ducheny — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Cardenas — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Gallegos — coauthor (person)
- Granlund — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 275, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **1999-08-19** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-08-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2516.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 1521.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/dca45ad6-df50-46ba-a392-4c373ab6ce5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).