---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Health Facilities Financing Authority: loans."
description: "California Health Facilities Financing Authority: loans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 844"
citation: "California AB 844 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["California Health Facilities Financing Authority: loans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomson"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ab3908f-e979-420b-844f-09cefe3abf84"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB844"
source_hash: "b3184a4e6114b88b18c77fdbc477cbb4e6dbe2c05714dd5a974989d05b0fc55b"
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 844 (19992000) — California Health Facilities Financing Authority: loans.

## 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=199920000AB844&version=19990AB84499INT)
2. **04/26/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB844&version=19990AB84498AMD)
3. **06/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB844&version=19990AB84497AMD)
4. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB844&version=19990AB84496AMD)
5. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB844&version=19990AB84494CHP)
6. **AB844** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB844)
7. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB844&version=19990AB84495ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB844 Thomson By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 844 THOMSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 844 THOMSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thomson — primary (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 842, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4293.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 3127.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-12** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, 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 77. Noes 0. Page 2207.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `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/6ab3908f-e979-420b-844f-09cefe3abf84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).