---
type: "Bill"
title: "Seismic safety standards."
description: "Seismic safety standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 861"
citation: "California AB 861 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Seismic safety standards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3d02582-a640-41cc-968d-f078f6992683"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB861"
source_hash: "af14287f346fbdc36d0fea8b4cf08b64662124342741dbe73fe404310d48276a"
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 861 (19992000) — Seismic safety standards.

## 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=199920000AB861&version=19990AB86199INT)
2. **04/14/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB861&version=19990AB86198AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB861&version=19990AB86197AMD)
4. **07/26/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB861&version=19990AB86195CHP)
5. **AB861** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB861)
6. **07/15/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB861&version=19990AB86196ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #20 AB861 Campbell — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Johnson — coauthor (person)
- Lewis — coauthor (person)
- Morrow — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-07-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 179, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2305.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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 1777.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher 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/a3d02582-a640-41cc-968d-f078f6992683`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).