---
type: "Bill"
title: "State basic skills proficiency test."
description: "State basic skills proficiency test."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000 Special Session 1"
identifier: "AB 27"
citation: "California AB 27 (19992000 Special Session 1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State basic skills proficiency test."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leach"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "1999-01-19"
last_action: "1999-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ace0eba8-6d32-4312-8f01-00e25e345420"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920001AB27"
source_hash: "a0ff51530abe0390899efaf9f75fc57c5978d345d638d4dda74109e2920bf5e3"
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 27 (19992000 Special Session 1) — State basic skills proficiency test.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **01/19/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920001AB27&version=19991AB2799INT)
2. **02/11/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920001AB27&version=19991AB2798AMD)
3. **02/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920001AB27&version=19991AB2797AMD)
4. **04/12/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920001AB27&version=19991AB2795CHP)
5. **AB27** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920001AB27)
6. **03/22/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920001AB27&version=19991AB2796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 27 LEACH THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB27 Leach Alpert — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-04-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 5, Statutes of 1999-2000 First Extraordinary Session.
- **1999-04-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-03-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 9 a.m.
- **1999-03-22** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-03-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 53.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-03-18** 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`
- **1999-03-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-25** Read third time and amended. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 86.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **1999-02-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-02-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (February 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-02-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (February 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-12** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-20** From printer.
- **1999-01-19** 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/ace0eba8-6d32-4312-8f01-00e25e345420`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).