republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-34.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health funding: local grants."
description: "Mental health funding: local grants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 34"
citation: "California AB 34 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental health funding: local grants."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afb2b33a-08b5-4be3-b00d-7a8313b35d87"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34"
source_hash: "49b19a7db57e093a211fa2397bb9cfa33c4af350c181da962e385029c389f65e"
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 34 (19992000) — Mental health funding: local grants.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/07/98 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34&version=19990AB3499INT)
2. **02/04/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34&version=19990AB3498AMD)
3. **03/04/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34&version=19990AB3497AMD)
4. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34&version=19990AB3496AMD)
5. **04/26/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34&version=19990AB3495AMD)
6. **06/01/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34&version=19990AB3494AMD)
7. **06/23/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34&version=19990AB3493AMD)
8. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34&version=19990AB3492AMD)
9. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34&version=19990AB3491AMD)
10. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34&version=19990AB3489CHP)
11. **AB34** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34)
12. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB34&version=19990AB3490ENR)

## Votes

- AB 34 STEINBERG 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 34 STEINBERG CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB34 Steinberg Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Alpert — coauthor (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Baca — coauthor (person)
- Baugh — author (person)
- Burton — principal coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Gallegos — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Johnston — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Perata — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 617, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-20** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 4186.) `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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2980.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 2725.)
- **1999-08-30** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.). `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 Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-23** 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`
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-03** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 2448.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 4.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-28** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-10** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-03-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-01-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **1998-12-08** From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
- **1998-12-07** 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/afb2b33a-08b5-4be3-b00d-7a8313b35d87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).