republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-208.md

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Bill	Murder: punishment.	Murder: punishment.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 208	California AB 208 (19992000)	bill	Murder: punishment.	enacted	Knox	6	21	13	1999-01-25	1999-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/92722b78-5429-4730-a9de-e0c797a878e0	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB208	1910cc9ad03bef81fdd83ed0de730aee8c836571663bc4a3a2d413e5628cc9ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 208 (19992000) — Murder: punishment.

Version chain

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

1. 01/25/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/28/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/16/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/29/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB208 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/07/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB208 Knox By Johnston Amend by Haynes — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB208 Knox By Johnston Amend by Haynes — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 208 KNOX AMEND BY BALDWIN SET #3 LAY ON THE TABLE — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 208 KNOX AMEND BY CUNNEEN SET #2 LAY ON THE TABLE — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB208 Knox By Johnston Amend by Haynes — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 208 KNOX CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB208 Knox By Johnston — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB208 Knox By Johnston Amend by Haynes — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 208 KNOX THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Knox — primary (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Johnston — coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Shelley — coauthor (person)
• Villaraigosa — coauthor (person)
• Zettel — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 566, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-14 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 1999-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 59. Noes 15. Page 3917.) 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, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2913.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-17 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-08-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-07-14 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-06-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 1999-06-07 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 1999-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-06-02 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 2286.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-06-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 1999-04-14 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-02-04 Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. referral-committee
• 1999-01-26 From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
• 1999-01-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92722b78-5429-4730-a9de-e0c797a878e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).