---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elder abuse: reporting requirements."
description: "Elder abuse: reporting requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 739"
citation: "California AB 739 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elder abuse: reporting requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pescetti"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "1999-08-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61980395-99d1-401f-ae9f-232ff8326ef0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB739"
source_hash: "c1c5d42937b847c524eb9479ec42a763e843abd8fc08c3c06590f4e0f277b88d"
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 739 (19992000) — Elder abuse: reporting requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB739&version=19990AB73999INT)
2. **04/20/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB739&version=19990AB73998AMD)
3. **04/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB739&version=19990AB73997AMD)
4. **06/15/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB739&version=19990AB73996AMD)
5. **08/26/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB739&version=19990AB73994CHP)
6. **AB739** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB739)
7. **08/16/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB739&version=19990AB73995ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #20 AB739 Pescetti — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 739 PESCETTI CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pescetti — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Battin — coauthor (person)
- Cunneen — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Margett — coauthor (person)
- Oller — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Rainey — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 236, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-19** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **1999-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3219.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-15** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2305.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-13** Read second time. To third reading. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-06-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2055.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-19** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1153.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and Standing Committee on Aging and Long Term Care. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **1999-02-24** 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/61980395-99d1-401f-ae9f-232ff8326ef0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).