republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-439.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "County employees' retirement: park rangers."
description: "County employees' retirement: park rangers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 439"
citation: "California AB 439 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County employees' retirement: park rangers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pescetti"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 32
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-02-16"
last_action: "2000-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ab1cb639-914f-44c4-a1ba-7f2c3be3f7ce"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB439"
source_hash: "c2d3231e68bd9db65ac6475d8854a67b3fbda7ae8e8fa867a0247e4b7135ac5c"
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 439 (19992000) — County employees' retirement: park rangers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB439&version=19990AB43999INT)
2. **05/15/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB439&version=19990AB43996AMD)
3. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB439&version=19990AB43998AMD)
4. **06/19/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB439&version=19990AB43995AMD)
5. **07/05/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB439&version=19990AB43994AMD)
6. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB439&version=19990AB43997AMD)
7. **09/19/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB439&version=19990AB43992CHP)
8. **AB439** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB439)
9. **08/25/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB439&version=19990AB43993ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB439 Pescetti — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 439 PESCETTI CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments be concurred in. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 439 PESCETTI THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pescetti — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Cunneen — coauthor (person)
- Dutra — coauthor (person)
- Honda — principal coauthor (person)
- Johannessen — coauthor (person)
- Johnston — coauthor (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- McPherson — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Sher — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 482, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-05** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 68. Noes 8. Page 8302.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-24** From committee: With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 24). `committee-passage`
- **2000-08-23** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 8114.)
- **2000-08-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2000-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5706.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-07-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-07-05** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-19** 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 Employment and Retirement. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-13** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-07** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-15** 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`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-07-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Elections and Redistricting From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 3. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, 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 78. Noes 0. Page 2302.) `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 21. Noes 0.) (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`
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-01** Referred to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **1999-02-16** 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/ab1cb639-914f-44c4-a1ba-7f2c3be3f7ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).