republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1673.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts: services."
description: "Courts: services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1673"
citation: "California AB 1673 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts: services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-03-15"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/161ab559-cedc-4023-ae64-59f2ad23d62d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1673"
source_hash: "fc785a1faadd1ae014ceff8c4a65a311f48fd77357b7238f51a9ef2fd333b46f"
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 1673 (19992000) — Courts: services.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/15/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1673&version=19990AB167399INT)
2. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1673&version=19990AB167398AMD)
3. **07/13/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1673&version=19990AB167397AMD)
4. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1673&version=19990AB167396AMD)
5. **09/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1673&version=19990AB167395AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1673&version=19990AB167393CHP)
7. **AB1673** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1673)
8. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1673&version=19990AB167394ENR)

## Votes

- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1673 Committee on Jud. (Kuehl) By Schiff — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- 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 as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 891, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 4349.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 3016.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-08-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-07-13** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1781.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** 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`
- **1999-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-16** From printer. May be heard in committee April 15.
- **1999-03-15** 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/161ab559-cedc-4023-ae64-59f2ad23d62d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).