---
type: "Bill"
title: "Onsite sewage treatment systems."
description: "Onsite sewage treatment systems."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 885"
citation: "California AB 885 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Onsite sewage treatment systems."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f91ac51-b11c-446e-acac-fd950cd67fc1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885"
source_hash: "4daf2adecd26d6298c706ab5e66e0f4500415d0919660fc472eaa9110d527104"
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 885 (19992000) — Onsite sewage treatment systems.

## 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=199920000AB885&version=19990AB88599INT)
2. **04/08/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885&version=19990AB88598AMD)
3. **04/24/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885&version=19990AB88596AMD)
4. **05/13/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885&version=19990AB88597AMD)
5. **06/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885&version=19990AB88595AMD)
6. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885&version=19990AB88594AMD)
7. **08/18/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885&version=19990AB88593AMD)
8. **08/25/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885&version=19990AB88592AMD)
9. **09/27/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885&version=19990AB88590CHP)
10. **AB885** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885)
11. **08/29/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB885&version=19990AB88591ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB885 Jackson By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 885 JACKSON CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 885 JACKSON THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 781, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2000-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 17. Page 8572.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 6121.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61 (b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-14** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 1661.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (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 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. `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/9f91ac51-b11c-446e-acac-fd950cd67fc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).