republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-359.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Developmentally disabled persons: health care."
description: "Developmentally disabled persons: health care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 359"
citation: "California AB 359 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Developmentally disabled persons: health care."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aroner"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-11"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61d20c85-ca04-466e-8221-67cce0720b87"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB359"
source_hash: "c8beb21a5221301852bf98149d220c043c4a7744d16ef091bb7afd2be02742c9"
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 359 (19992000) — Developmentally disabled persons: health care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/11/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB359&version=19990AB35999INT)
2. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB359&version=19990AB35998AMD)
3. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB359&version=19990AB35997AMD)
4. **08/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB359&version=19990AB35996AMD)
5. **09/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB359&version=19990AB35995AMD)
6. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB359&version=19990AB35994AMD)
7. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB359&version=19990AB35993AMD)
8. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB359&version=19990AB35991CHP)
9. **AB359** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB359)
10. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB359&version=19990AB35992ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 359 ARONER CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Governmental Organization. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 359 CEDILLO THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB359 Aroner By Vasconcellos — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aroner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 845, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4317.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-09** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 3124.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** 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`
- **1999-08-31** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-30** 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`
- **1999-08-25** Joint Rule 61 (a)(9) suspended.
- **1999-08-25** 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** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `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 80. Noes 0. Page 2347.) `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 14. Noes 7.) (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`
- **1999-04-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization Re-referred. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (March 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
- **1999-02-11** 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/61d20c85-ca04-466e-8221-67cce0720b87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).