republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-211.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employees: health benefits."
description: "Public employees: health benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 211"
citation: "California AB 211 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employees: health benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Romero"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 37
vote_count: 12
first_action: "1999-01-25"
last_action: "2000-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb86880c-d94d-4902-8300-e979d5d12ba1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB211"
source_hash: "dc967d73092d1a59027f364a740f611a0677d0c996a5c73d06852b34818b1a29"
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 211 (19992000) — Public employees: health benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB211&version=19990AB21199INT)
2. **01/27/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB211&version=19990AB21195AMD)
3. **04/13/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB211&version=19990AB21198AMD)
4. **04/17/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB211&version=19990AB21193CHP)
5. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB211&version=19990AB21197AMD)
6. **07/13/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB211&version=19990AB21196AMD)
7. **AB211** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB211)
8. **04/10/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB211&version=19990AB21194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB211 Romero By Ortiz — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 211 ROMERO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 211 ROMERO CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB211 Romero Ortiz Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 211 ROMERO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB211 Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB211 Romero Ortiz — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Romero — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-04-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 12, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-04-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-04-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2000-04-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 5765.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-04-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 3999.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-02-03** Read third time, passage refused. (Ayes 17. Noes 14. Page 3639.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Ortiz. Reconsideration granted. (Page 3640.) `reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-01-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-01-27** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2000-01-06** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2000-01-06** Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2000-01-03** From inactive file. To unfinished business file.
- **1999-09-10** Withdrawn from enrollment. Action rescinded whereby the Assembly concurred in Senate amendments and whereby the bill was ordered to enrollment. To inactive file on motion of Assembly Member Romero.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 19. Page 4212.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
- **1999-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 3007.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-13** 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`
- **1999-07-12** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `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 54. Noes 20. Page 1748.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 6.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-12** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 7). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb86880c-d94d-4902-8300-e979d5d12ba1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).