--- type: "Bill" title: "Election procedures." description: "Election procedures." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "19992000" identifier: "AB 669" citation: "California AB 669 (19992000)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Election procedures."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Vincent"] version_count: 9 action_count: 32 vote_count: 6 first_action: "1999-02-23" last_action: "1999-09-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1105d998-b715-456b-a92e-ac6c16c8f3c1" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB669" source_hash: "c10a2cad0ac1d5454cb6b662e72b31daf8496fccc5c630da60b70794363f48c9" 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 669 (19992000) — Election procedures. ## 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=199920000AB669&version=19990AB66999INT) 2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB669&version=19990AB66998AMD) 3. **04/14/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB669&version=19990AB66997AMD) 4. **06/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB669&version=19990AB66996AMD) 5. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB669&version=19990AB66995AMD) 6. **08/19/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB669&version=19990AB66994AMD) 7. **09/13/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB669&version=19990AB66992CHP) 8. **AB669** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB669) 9. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB669&version=19990AB66993ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper - Assembly 3rd Reading AB669 Vincent By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper - AB 669 VINCENT THIRD READING — **fail** (fail) · lower - AB 669 VINCENT THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower - AB 669 VINCENT CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Vincent — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **1999-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 368, Statutes of 1999. - **1999-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **1999-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3451.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **1999-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 2. Page 2604.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **1999-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **1999-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **1999-08-16** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **1999-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage` - **1999-06-30** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **1999-06-02** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting. `referral-committee` - **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1` - **1999-05-27** Reconsideration granted. (Page 2050.) Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 36. Page 2051.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **1999-05-25** Motion to reconsider continued until Thursday, May 27. - **1999-05-24** Motion to reconsider continued until Tuesday, May 25. - **1999-05-20** Motion to reconsider continued until Monday, May 24. - **1999-05-17** Motion to reconsider continued until Thursday, May 20. - **1999-05-13** Motion to reconsider continued until Monday, May 17. - **1999-05-10** Motion to reconsider continued until Thursday, May 13. - **1999-05-06** Motion to reconsider continued until Monday, May 10. - **1999-05-03** Motion to reconsider continued until Thursday, May 6. - **1999-04-29** Motion to reconsider continued until Monday, May 3. - **1999-04-27** Motion to reconsider continued until Thursday, April 29. - **1999-04-26** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 34. Noes 34. Page 1298.) Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Vincent. `reading-3, reading-1` - **1999-04-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **1999-04-14** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **1999-04-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 5). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage` - **1999-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee` - **1999-03-08** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `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/1105d998-b715-456b-a92e-ac6c16c8f3c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).