---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Special Supplementary Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children."
description: "California Special Supplementary Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 87"
citation: "California AB 87 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Special Supplementary Food Program for Women", "Infants", "and Children."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Floyd"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1998-12-10"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de99a36d-d96a-4d14-9c2d-384d46ff38dc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB87"
source_hash: "5cbb05415fda76e415601b56be7a905687298327d4805310d57c9a348b0dbbcc"
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 87 (19992000) — California Special Supplementary Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/10/98 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB87&version=19990AB8799INT)
2. **03/01/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB87&version=19990AB8798AMD)
3. **08/31/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB87&version=19990AB8797AMD)
4. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB87&version=19990AB8795CHP)
5. **AB87** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB87)
6. **09/03/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB87&version=19990AB8796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 87 FLOYD THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 87 FLOYD CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB87 Floyd By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Floyd — primary (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 763, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **1999-09-03** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 3. Page 3857.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2856.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-31** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-06-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 3. Page 1163.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** 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`
- **1999-01-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-04** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1998-12-11** From printer. May be heard in committee January 10.
- **1998-12-10** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/de99a36d-d96a-4d14-9c2d-384d46ff38dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).