---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amusement rides: safety."
description: "Amusement rides: safety."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 850"
citation: "California AB 850 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Amusement rides: safety."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Torlakson"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-10-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1be30c4a-3846-4973-90a8-1ab3429ad0af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850"
source_hash: "da3ddf181c68188732785b85a0dc4fd796c6888a7bf820b254c11b73884e34f5"
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 850 (19992000) — Amusement rides: safety.

## 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=199920000AB850&version=19990AB85099INT)
2. **04/26/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850&version=19990AB85098AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850&version=19990AB85097AMD)
4. **05/19/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850&version=19990AB85096AMD)
5. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850&version=19990AB85095AMD)
6. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850&version=19990AB85094AMD)
7. **08/18/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850&version=19990AB85093AMD)
8. **08/31/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850&version=19990AB85092AMD)
9. **09/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850&version=19990AB85091AMD)
10. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850&version=19990AB85090AMD)
11. **10/04/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850&version=19990AB85088CHP)
12. **AB850** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850)
13. **09/07/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB850&version=19990AB85089ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB850 Torlakson By Perata — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 850 TORLAKSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 850 TORLAKSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Torlakson — primary (person)
- Correa — principal coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 585, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 66. Noes 10. Page 3982.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-03** Read third time. Amended. Senate Rule 29.3 suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2896.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-31** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-18** 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`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on I.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-22** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on I.R. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 2248.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. 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`
- **1999-05-20** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (May 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `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/1be30c4a-3846-4973-90a8-1ab3429ad0af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).