---
type: "Bill"
title: "Charter schools: community day schools."
description: "Charter schools: community day schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 696"
citation: "California AB 696 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charter schools: community day schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Washington"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-02-23"
last_action: "2000-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/144c7619-196a-4d66-9d30-6fe1973f45b8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB696"
source_hash: "e26e3610d9218e07bbcf1ee357b2ec4dc46b872804e1e4a2b80153073b09f71f"
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 696 (19992000) — Charter schools: community day schools.

## 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=199920000AB696&version=19990AB69699INT)
2. **01/10/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB696&version=19990AB69695AMD)
3. **01/20/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB696&version=19990AB69694AMD)
4. **03/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB696&version=19990AB69693AMD)
5. **04/14/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB696&version=19990AB69698AMD)
6. **05/08/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB696&version=19990AB69691CHP)
7. **06/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB696&version=19990AB69697AMD)
8. **07/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB696&version=19990AB69696AMD)
9. **AB696** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB696)
10. **04/24/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB696&version=19990AB69692ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 696 WASHINGTON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 696 WASHINGTON CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB696 Washington — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Set, second hearing. Failed passage in Committee. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Washington — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-05-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 19, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-05-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-04-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2000-04-24** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 17. Page 5940.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-04-13** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4147.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-04-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-07-07** In committee: Set second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-07-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **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 Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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 43. Noes 30. Page 1755.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 7.) (April 21). (Received April 23 pursuant to Joint Rule 61 (a)(2)). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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/144c7619-196a-4d66-9d30-6fe1973f45b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).