republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1453.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Earthquake insurance: mediation: retrofit program."
description: "Earthquake insurance: mediation: retrofit program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1453"
citation: "California AB 1453 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Earthquake insurance: mediation: retrofit program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Insurance"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87c7b9a4-e976-4b21-9647-4d8933563432"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1453"
source_hash: "035d81bc311b32b1da5fb03295d7bfbe68772a6a097a0636c73af58ccf942726"
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 1453 (19992000) — Earthquake insurance: mediation: retrofit program.

## 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=199920000AB1453&version=19990AB145399INT)
2. **06/14/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1453&version=19990AB145398AMD)
3. **06/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1453&version=19990AB145397AMD)
4. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1453&version=19990AB145395CHP)
5. **AB1453** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1453)
6. **09/07/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1453&version=19990AB145396ENR)

## Votes

- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1453 INS. CONCURRENCE BY SCOTT — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1453 Committee on Ins. (Scott) By Schiff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- 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. — **pass** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 796, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-07** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 2. Page 4012.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 2904.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-07-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-17** In committee: Hearing cancelled at the request of author.
- **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 Insurance. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-09** In committee: Hearing cancelled at the request of author.
- **1999-05-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 1395.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **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/87c7b9a4-e976-4b21-9647-4d8933563432`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).