---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: finance."
description: "Community colleges: finance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 734"
citation: "California AB 734 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community colleges: finance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b326b26d-c349-426e-96be-22a0fad529cd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB734"
source_hash: "ef83c2ea724dc0f228f0aa724baa6b498a42eb2126863ca106087e51420b1064"
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 734 (19992000) — Community colleges: finance.

## 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=199920000AB734&version=19990AB73499INT)
2. **04/08/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB734&version=19990AB73498AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB734&version=19990AB73497AMD)
4. **08/19/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB734&version=19990AB73496AMD)
5. **09/15/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB734&version=19990AB73494CHP)
6. **AB734** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB734)
7. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB734&version=19990AB73495ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB734 Romero By Alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 734 ROMERO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 734 ROMERO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 402, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-15** 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 68. Noes 10. 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 27. Noes 9. Page 2605.) `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`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 13. Page 2156.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, 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/b326b26d-c349-426e-96be-22a0fad529cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).