republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1870.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small business funding."
description: "Small business funding."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1870"
citation: "California AB 1870 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Small business funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davis"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-10"
last_action: "2000-09-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecb36e68-1772-4e45-ab55-03b3d75521e4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1870"
source_hash: "4684500f81376305d51994ff46c1a2b4f016af5892a972cab0af05513c8cf57d"
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 1870 (19992000) — Small business funding.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1870&version=19990AB187099INT)
2. **04/25/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1870&version=19990AB187098AMD)
3. **05/31/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1870&version=19990AB187097AMD)
4. **06/15/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1870&version=19990AB187096AMD)
5. **08/29/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1870&version=19990AB187095AMD)
6. **09/24/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1870&version=19990AB187093CHP)
7. **AB1870** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1870)
8. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1870&version=19990AB187094ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1870 DAVIS CONCURRENCE BY SHELLEY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1870 Davis By Chesbro — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1870 DAVIS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 605, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 3. Page 8846.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 3. Page 6317.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-29** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-07** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-06-29** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Rules Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-06-01** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 6972.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Passed on file.
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-01** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 11). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-28** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2000-02-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2000-02-10** 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/ecb36e68-1772-4e45-ab55-03b3d75521e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).