republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-297.md

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Bill	Surface mining.	Surface mining.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 297	California AB 297 (19992000)	bill	Surface mining.	enacted	Thomson	11	27	8	1999-02-08	1999-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/bd95d06b-eca5-49a9-afeb-a929de7c9c3f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB297	1753c41b569c09d57168bcaba70d67631f2a23fb1d67bd96022fffaa116ca006	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 297 (19992000) — Surface mining.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/11/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/05/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/27/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/12/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/16/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/25/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/02/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/10/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB297 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/09/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Assembly 3rd Reading AB297 Thomson By Sher — pass (pass) · upper
• SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 297 THOMSON SPEC. CONSENT CALENDAR SECOND DAY CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 297 THOMSON THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thomson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 869, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-21 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 1999-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 4346.) 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 37. Noes 0. Page 2968.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-09-02 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 1999-08-25 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 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 Appropriations. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-07-12 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-07-08 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-06-02 Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources And Water. referral-committee
• 1999-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2030.) committee-passage, reading-3, passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 1999-04-29 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 1999-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 12). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-04-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-03-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 1999-03-15 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 1999-03-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Natural Resources Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-02-19 Referred to Standing Committee on Natural Resources. referral-committee
• 1999-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 1999-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bd95d06b-eca5-49a9-afeb-a929de7c9c3f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).