---
type: "Bill"
title: "Emergency services: communications."
description: "Emergency services: communications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 880"
citation: "California AB 880 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency services: communications."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutra"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c904674-4ba1-4236-86fa-62bcaddc834d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB880"
source_hash: "198b46bda95c394d02894c624e8959694392cbad2cdec9b38afe1013b508c2aa"
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 880 (19992000) — Emergency services: communications.

## 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=199920000AB880&version=19990AB88099INT)
2. **04/20/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB880&version=19990AB88098AMD)
3. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB880&version=19990AB88097AMD)
4. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB880&version=19990AB88096AMD)
5. **09/07/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB880&version=19990AB88094CHP)
6. **AB880** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB880)
7. **08/23/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB880&version=19990AB88095ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #22 AB880 Dutra — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 880 DUTRA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 880 DUTRA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dutra — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 356, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **1999-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 3389.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2517.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-16** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-15** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2319.) `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 14. Noes 7.) (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`
- **1999-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `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/5c904674-4ba1-4236-86fa-62bcaddc834d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).