republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-538.md

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Bill	Public beaches: bacteriological standards.	Public beaches: bacteriological standards.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 538	California AB 538 (19992000)	bill	Public beaches: bacteriological standards.	enacted	Wayne	9	26	9	1999-02-18	1999-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/6414af08-4be6-421b-a85a-7e20ea01b9a8	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB538	33077c66a3e7172fd0d7129f4669f9fb9de8bb99feae97f0f919e999c1898e86	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 538 (19992000) — Public beaches: bacteriological standards.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/08/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/22/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/28/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/17/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/27/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB538 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/08/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health and Human Services. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 538 WAYNE THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB538 Wayne By Alpert — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 538 WAYNE CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wayne — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 488, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-16 Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
• 1999-09-08 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 4077.) 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.
• 1999-09-07 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 2969.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-02 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
• 1999-08-23 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-08-23 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 1999-08-17 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-08-16 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-07-12 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on H. & H.S. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 1999-06-17 Referred to Coms. on ENV. QUAL. and 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 54. Noes 26. Page 2305.) 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
• 1999-05-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 1999-04-27 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 1999-04-22 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-20 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-04-12 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. referral-committee
• 1999-04-08 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-03-23 Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. referral-committee
• 1999-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 1999-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6414af08-4be6-421b-a85a-7e20ea01b9a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).