---
type: "Bill"
title: "Court consolidation: San Diego County Marshal's Office."
description: "Court consolidation: San Diego County Marshal's Office."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 972"
citation: "California AB 972 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Court consolidation: San Diego County Marshal's Office."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ducheny"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15869d24-f1f3-4ee9-9726-a0ca8210b548"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB972"
source_hash: "6a0e196b17f6039804f8c41c37367f20d699c8918d2e9d58f4eced5c4a3f8ac9"
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 972 (19992000) — Court consolidation: San Diego County Marshal's Office.

## 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=199920000AB972&version=19990AB97299INT)
2. **06/28/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB972&version=19990AB97298AMD)
3. **09/07/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB972&version=19990AB97296CHP)
4. **AB972** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB972)
5. **08/19/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB972&version=19990AB97297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #20 AB972 Ducheny — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ducheny — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 335, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-07** 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 76. Noes 0. Page 3312.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2305.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-30** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1885.)
- **1999-06-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1777.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-22** Read second time. To third reading. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `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/15869d24-f1f3-4ee9-9726-a0ca8210b548`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).