republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1229.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural land conservation: districts."
description: "Agricultural land conservation: districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1229"
citation: "California AB 1229 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Agricultural land conservation: districts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7712843c-afa0-4045-b903-31c6fdc14cfa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1229"
source_hash: "043de68554e7a0d99003ef54760f3a64316eb80f57f04ff2d2770057e946c978"
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 1229 (19992000) — Agricultural land conservation: districts.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1229&version=19990AB122999INT)
2. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1229&version=19990AB122998AMD)
3. **06/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1229&version=19990AB122997AMD)
4. **08/18/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1229&version=19990AB122996AMD)
5. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1229&version=19990AB122995AMD)
6. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1229&version=19990AB122993CHP)
7. **AB1229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1229)
8. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1229&version=19990AB122994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1229 AGRI. THIRD READING BY CARDOZA — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #26 AB1229 Committee on Agri. (Cardoza) By Johnston — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 503, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **1999-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3788.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2728.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1597.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7712843c-afa0-4045-b903-31c6fdc14cfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).