---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees: State Bargaining Unit 8."
description: "State employees: State Bargaining Unit 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1639"
citation: "California AB 1639 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State employees: State Bargaining Unit 8."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-03-03"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77b1248e-e7de-4ef7-99c3-3fc5f279ed50"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1639"
source_hash: "8b9daf392b5bdb1cd996ee8121580e56789f55fb7aa9ca18f660a20cd9a861d7"
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 1639 (19992000) — State employees: State Bargaining Unit 8.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/03/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1639&version=19990AB163999INT)
2. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1639&version=19990AB163998AMD)
3. **09/09/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1639&version=19990AB163997AMD)
4. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1639&version=19990AB163995CHP)
5. **AB1639** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1639)
6. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1639&version=19990AB163996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1639 P.E., R. & S. CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED BY CORREA — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1639 P.E., R. & S. THIRD READING BY CORREA — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1639 Committee on P.E.R.S. & S. (Corre By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 926, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 6. Page 4416.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 3235.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-07-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2338.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** From printer. May be heard in committee April 3.
- **1999-03-03** 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/77b1248e-e7de-4ef7-99c3-3fc5f279ed50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).