---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Principal and Income Act."
description: "Uniform Principal and Income Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 846"
citation: "California AB 846 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Uniform Principal and Income Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ackerman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d41eb43-74f3-4bac-8417-5dc74cfc6526"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB846"
source_hash: "9e5f7438a388361fb7133c41fdbe3326a9d6c57c369dc07baf0b011c6579e1a0"
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 846 (19992000) — Uniform Principal and Income Act.

## 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=199920000AB846&version=19990AB84699INT)
2. **04/21/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB846&version=19990AB84698AMD)
3. **06/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB846&version=19990AB84697AMD)
4. **07/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB846&version=19990AB84696AMD)
5. **07/22/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB846&version=19990AB84694CHP)
6. **AB846** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB846)
7. **07/12/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB846&version=19990AB84695ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB846 Ackerman — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 846 ACKERMAN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ackerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 145, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **1999-07-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3025.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2138.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-02** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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 76. Noes 0. Page 1773.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** 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/0d41eb43-74f3-4bac-8417-5dc74cfc6526`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).