---
type: "Bill"
title: "Marine resources: Marine Life Protection Act."
description: "Marine resources: Marine Life Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 993"
citation: "California AB 993 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Marine resources: Marine Life Protection Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2a34b1f-e4fd-4ef2-80d0-c8357eab3d89"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB993"
source_hash: "0e36ed8d42c967c2639569731482fa4f660e39ffc42c06291d6f5f7e0d4b5e50"
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 993 (19992000) — Marine resources: Marine Life Protection Act.

## 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=199920000AB993&version=19990AB99399INT)
2. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB993&version=19990AB99398AMD)
3. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB993&version=19990AB99397AMD)
4. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB993&version=19990AB99395CHP)
5. **AB993** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB993)
6. **09/27/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB993&version=19990AB99396ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 993 SHELLEY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB993 Shelley By Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 993 SHELLEY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1015, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-28** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:15 a.m.
- **1999-09-27** (Corrected September 27. )
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 26. Page 4441.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 12. Page 3162.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, 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: Placed on Appropriations suspense file. Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-07-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 2186.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources and Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife. `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/d2a34b1f-e4fd-4ef2-80d0-c8357eab3d89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).