---
type: "Bill"
title: "County superintendents of schools."
description: "County superintendents of schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 857"
citation: "California AB 857 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County superintendents of schools."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rod Pacheco"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe4767ec-4e3c-4198-9ed0-0601f80e7e8b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB857"
source_hash: "cd7b6dd15c58d80485a21e5b251e5dc86420dac34f9a03b39ba36185a0ddcfcf"
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 857 (19992000) — County superintendents of schools.

## 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=199920000AB857&version=19990AB85799INT)
2. **04/14/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB857&version=19990AB85798AMD)
3. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB857&version=19990AB85797AMD)
4. **07/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB857&version=19990AB85796AMD)
5. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB857&version=19990AB85795AMD)
6. **08/18/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB857&version=19990AB85794AMD)
7. **08/31/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB857&version=19990AB85793AMD)
8. **09/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB857&version=19990AB85792AMD)
9. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB857&version=19990AB85790CHP)
10. **AB857** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB857)
11. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB857&version=19990AB85791ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 857 PACHECO, ROD CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB857 Rod Pacheco By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 857 PACHECO, ROD THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rod Pacheco — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 838, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 4219.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Corrected September 7. )
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3018.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-02** 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 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2620.)
- **1999-08-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **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, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2421.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 21). (Received April 23 pursuant to Joint Rule 61 (a)(2)). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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/fe4767ec-4e3c-4198-9ed0-0601f80e7e8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).