---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community warning systems: donor organizations: immunity."
description: "Community warning systems: donor organizations: immunity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 706"
citation: "California AB 706 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community warning systems: donor organizations: immunity."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torlakson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 17
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-08-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34b4150c-5be2-403c-81cc-4025e7b31aea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB706"
source_hash: "237625573b897de45387390a14943046bda4859c8d7e2846dbad5718c975dad6"
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 706 (19992000) — Community warning systems: donor organizations: immunity.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB706&version=19990AB70699INT)
2. **05/17/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB706&version=19990AB70698AMD)
3. **07/13/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB706&version=19990AB70697AMD)
4. **08/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB706&version=19990AB70695CHP)
5. **AB706** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB706)
6. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB706&version=19990AB70696ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #20 AB706 Torlakson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 706 TORLAKSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 706 TORLAKSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Torlakson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 239, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3218.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2308.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1835.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** 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/34b4150c-5be2-403c-81cc-4025e7b31aea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).