---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medi-Cal."
description: "Medi-Cal."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 689"
citation: "California AB 689 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Medi-Cal."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallegos"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-23"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/747f75b7-3a2b-47ed-a907-9c1e3f442d80"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB689"
source_hash: "845c6f2ca3eada1d00b3bd71edcbc7682ffbae88c31a6ed3f9091d833ad99c7b"
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 689 (19992000) — Medi-Cal.

## 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=199920000AB689&version=19990AB68999INT)
2. **08/19/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB689&version=19990AB68998AMD)
3. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB689&version=19990AB68996CHP)
4. **AB689** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB689)
5. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB689&version=19990AB68997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB689 Gallegos By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gallegos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 831, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **1999-09-10** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 4347.) `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. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3015.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2725.)
- **1999-08-30** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-19** From Consent Calendar. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1773.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `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/747f75b7-3a2b-47ed-a907-9c1e3f442d80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).