---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans: Deputy Secretary of Women Veterans Affairs."
description: "Veterans: Deputy Secretary of Women Veterans Affairs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 879"
citation: "California AB 879 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans: Deputy Secretary of Women Veterans Affairs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Havice"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86b84ef6-7f62-4c5c-a9d3-155ed9311c2c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB879"
source_hash: "2253933eb8c83aabaf1c3e4327674bf0502fa5b7ffe206afc9b5b7ba6cf33314"
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 879 (19992000) — Veterans: Deputy Secretary of Women Veterans Affairs.

## 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=199920000AB879&version=19990AB87999INT)
2. **06/22/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB879&version=19990AB87998AMD)
3. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB879&version=19990AB87997AMD)
4. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB879&version=19990AB87995CHP)
5. **AB879** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB879)
6. **09/01/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB879&version=19990AB87996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #26 AB879 Havice — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 879 HAVICE CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 879 HAVICE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Havice — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 839, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **1999-09-01** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 3694.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2727.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **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 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1590.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Com. on V. A. `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/86b84ef6-7f62-4c5c-a9d3-155ed9311c2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).