republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1799.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indemnification: erroneously convicted persons."
description: "Indemnification: erroneously convicted persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1799"
citation: "California AB 1799 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indemnification: erroneously convicted persons."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baugh"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2000-01-27"
last_action: "2000-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc7e2b81-64d5-4157-86ec-ea103200e1c9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1799"
source_hash: "97aebbb96be66ad2a8353a82080f5f171e1d963dedd6c9b5eb1cb672dc79c187"
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 1799 (19992000) — Indemnification: erroneously convicted persons.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/27/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1799&version=19990AB179999INT)
2. **03/06/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1799&version=19990AB179998AMD)
3. **08/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1799&version=19990AB179997AMD)
4. **08/28/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1799&version=19990AB179996AMD)
5. **09/26/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1799&version=19990AB179994CHP)
6. **AB1799** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1799)
7. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1799&version=19990AB179995ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1799 BAUGH THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1799 Baugh By Burton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1799 BAUGH SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baugh — primary (person)
- Burton — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 630, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 9033.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 6252.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-07** 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`
- **2000-06-27** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-06-13** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6699.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-06** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-03-02** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (February 29). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Corrected February 2. ). `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
- **2000-01-27** 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/bc7e2b81-64d5-4157-86ec-ea103200e1c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).