---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marine resources."
description: "Marine resources."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 76"
citation: "California AB 76 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Marine resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keeley"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1998-12-08"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a7f4a08-ea1d-47ca-a25d-eef385b7c04a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB76"
source_hash: "6758d8e4e50837e3880ea74dc80e0647e4d03f147dad03a2bdc84ccb3d2a7b34"
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 76 (19992000) — Marine resources.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/08/98 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB76&version=19990AB7699INT)
2. **03/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB76&version=19990AB7698AMD)
3. **04/20/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB76&version=19990AB7697AMD)
4. **06/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB76&version=19990AB7696AMD)
5. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB76&version=19990AB7695AMD)
6. **08/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB76&version=19990AB7694AMD)
7. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB76&version=19990AB7692CHP)
8. **AB76** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB76)
9. **09/07/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB76&version=19990AB7693ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB76 Keeley By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 76 KEELEY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 76 KEELEY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keeley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 483, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 6. Page 3991.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 7. Page 2859.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** 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 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-16** 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`
- **1999-07-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 21. Page 1245.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (April 14). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `referral-committee`
- **1998-12-09** From printer. May be heard in committee January 8.
- **1998-12-08** 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/8a7f4a08-ea1d-47ca-a25d-eef385b7c04a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).