---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program."
description: "Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 868"
citation: "California AB 868 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardoza"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aed7b0fd-a1cf-4e67-9f1b-f263b3b9cbd7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB868"
source_hash: "b4aacd1f0a78856d68a17e1a685576e31128f7af73d722e721343070de4af0b2"
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 868 (19992000) — Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB868&version=19990AB86899INT)
2. **06/10/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB868&version=19990AB86898AMD)
3. **08/19/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB868&version=19990AB86897AMD)
4. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB868&version=19990AB86895CHP)
5. **AB868** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB868)
6. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB868&version=19990AB86896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB868 Cardoza By Hughes — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 868 CARDOZA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 868 CARDOZA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cardoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 943, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3453.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2607.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-10** 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`
- **1999-06-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-05-12** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 1389.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-07** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** 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/aed7b0fd-a1cf-4e67-9f1b-f263b3b9cbd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).