---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State University: Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology."
description: "California State University: Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 968"
citation: "California AB 968 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California State University: Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ducheny"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41500daa-0aca-48c1-b427-11879b4262ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB968"
source_hash: "dd15776dc2021cca9d7896ac90f4280d7d726201f1034679914f951a5cfa4720"
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 968 (19992000) — California State University: Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology.

## 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=199920000AB968&version=19990AB96899INT)
2. **07/12/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB968&version=19990AB96898AMD)
3. **09/01/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB968&version=19990AB96896CHP)
4. **AB968** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB968)
5. **08/19/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB968&version=19990AB96897ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB968 Ducheny Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 968 DUCHENY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 968 DUCHENY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ducheny — primary (person)
- Scott — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 285, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **1999-08-19** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 3. Page 3284.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-16** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 2. Page 2406.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-07-08** From Consent Calendar. To third reading.
- **1999-07-06** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-07-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `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 68. Noes 2. Page 1606.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher 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/41500daa-0aca-48c1-b427-11879b4262ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).