---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real property transfer disclosures: exception."
description: "Real property transfer disclosures: exception."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 594"
citation: "California AB 594 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Real property transfer disclosures: exception."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardenas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "1999-02-19"
last_action: "1999-07-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0915bbe-daa8-414d-bc07-91ce5c04ae4a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB594"
source_hash: "40e917677062967fde213434068a0f5b6bc6758f76cadf1e7c03fd0e183f26c7"
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 594 (19992000) — Real property transfer disclosures: exception.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB594&version=19990AB59499INT)
2. **03/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB594&version=19990AB59498AMD)
3. **07/13/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB594&version=19990AB59496CHP)
4. **AB594** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB594)
5. **07/01/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB594&version=19990AB59497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB594 Cardenas By Polanco — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cardenas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-07-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 119, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-06** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **1999-07-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **1999-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2034.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1523.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-28** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **1999-02-19** 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/f0915bbe-daa8-414d-bc07-91ce5c04ae4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).