---
type: "Bill"
title: "Assumption Program of Loans for Education."
description: "Assumption Program of Loans for Education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 899"
citation: "California AB 899 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Assumption Program of Loans for Education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alquist"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-09-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f462faa4-fdba-4233-b563-4727135767d6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB899"
source_hash: "a9f30c802fb10fe9e6e9dd768a25438fcfe6db1c42d72e2643908cb5e9acb918"
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 899 (19992000) — Assumption Program of Loans for Education.

## 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=199920000AB899&version=19990AB89999INT)
2. **01/03/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB899&version=19990AB89997AMD)
3. **01/14/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB899&version=19990AB89996AMD)
4. **04/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB899&version=19990AB89998AMD)
5. **06/28/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB899&version=19990AB89995AMD)
6. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB899&version=19990AB89994AMD)
7. **09/11/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB899&version=19990AB89992CHP)
8. **AB899** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB899)
9. **08/23/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB899&version=19990AB89993ENR)

## Votes

- AB 899 ALQUIST THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB899 Alquist — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 899 ALQUIST CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alquist — primary (person)
- Bock — coauthor (person)
- Bowen — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Sher — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 371, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-08-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 8151.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **2000-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5874.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **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 with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-01-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4917.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (January 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-01-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 4853.). `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (January 11). Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education by unanimous consent. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (April 21). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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/f462faa4-fdba-4233-b563-4727135767d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).