---
type: "Bill"
title: "Apprenticeship programs."
description: "Apprenticeship programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 921"
citation: "California AB 921 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Apprenticeship programs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keeley"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0481fd27-a273-4fee-aa8f-e1630c09f036"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB921"
source_hash: "2ec547cd234ad1372ab873bbaea5578aef3f3cfa11e4bd52767f3cf639e34d8a"
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 921 (19992000) — Apprenticeship programs.

## 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=199920000AB921&version=19990AB92199INT)
2. **05/11/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB921&version=19990AB92198AMD)
3. **05/20/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB921&version=19990AB92197AMD)
4. **07/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB921&version=19990AB92196AMD)
5. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB921&version=19990AB92195AMD)
6. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB921&version=19990AB92194AMD)
7. **09/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB921&version=19990AB92193AMD)
8. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB921&version=19990AB92192AMD)
9. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB921&version=19990AB92191AMD)
10. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB921&version=19990AB92189CHP)
11. **AB921** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB921)
12. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB921&version=19990AB92190ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 921 KEELEY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB921 Keeley By Burton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 921 KEELEY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keeley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 903, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 31. Page 4305.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 48. Noes 31. Page 4305.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** 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`
- **1999-08-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **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, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on I.R. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** Referred to Com. on I.R. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 1822.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `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/0481fd27-a273-4fee-aa8f-e1630c09f036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).