---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment Development Department: federal funds: employment service program administrative costs."
description: "Employment Development Department: federal funds: employment service program administrative costs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 542"
citation: "California AB 542 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Employment Development Department: federal funds: employment service program administrative costs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reyes"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/decaf567-8e2f-4a8b-baf1-3c5de40d4f16"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB542"
source_hash: "346d9cd4645bf74c881d3677a0e33306485883287c73735f7fb6d685ae21d982"
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 542 (19992000) — Employment Development Department: federal funds: employment service program administrative costs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB542&version=19990AB54299INT)
2. **03/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB542&version=19990AB54298AMD)
3. **04/12/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB542&version=19990AB54297AMD)
4. **06/08/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB542&version=19990AB54295CHP)
5. **AB542** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB542)
6. **05/25/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB542&version=19990AB54296ENR)

## Votes

- AB 542 REYES 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB542 Reyes By Costa Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Reyes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-06-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 35, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-06-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-05-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **1999-05-25** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-05-25** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 8.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** Referred to Com. on I.R. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-12** Read third time and amended. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 1012.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **1999-04-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (March 24). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-03-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-22** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 742.)
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **1999-02-18** 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/decaf567-8e2f-4a8b-baf1-3c5de40d4f16`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).