---
type: "Bill"
title: "Child care and development programs."
description: "Child care and development programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 855"
citation: "California AB 855 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Child care and development programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardenas"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1abb835-739a-4843-93a0-e7a93debfe38"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB855"
source_hash: "784e8a650d5bc315d5f8e78cabf73650dce4165721301bb524eb7abd7a58e2a7"
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 855 (19992000) — Child care and development programs.

## 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=199920000AB855&version=19990AB85599INT)
2. **04/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB855&version=19990AB85598AMD)
3. **06/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB855&version=19990AB85597AMD)
4. **06/29/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB855&version=19990AB85596AMD)
5. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB855&version=19990AB85595AMD)
6. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB855&version=19990AB85594AMD)
7. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB855&version=19990AB85592CHP)
8. **AB855** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB855)
9. **08/30/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB855&version=19990AB85593ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #25 AB855 Cardenas — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 855 CARDENAS CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 855 CARDENAS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardenas — primary (person)
- Escutia — coauthor (person)
- Hughes — coauthor (person)
- Runner — principal coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 492, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 3615.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-26** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2684.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **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`
- **1999-06-29** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-28** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** 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`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `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 75. Noes 2. Page 2184.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `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/b1abb835-739a-4843-93a0-e7a93debfe38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).