republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-549.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hospital mortgage insurance."
description: "Hospital mortgage insurance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 549"
citation: "California AB 549 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hospital mortgage insurance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gallegos"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/811146fa-fffd-4fcd-8c61-5afe4bd48ec8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB549"
source_hash: "b12935fcccd8e7752b3a9bb67ead3e2f7a0f5af324ec776236a78f2fb6d50f4a"
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 549 (19992000) — Hospital mortgage insurance.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB549&version=19990AB54999INT)
2. **07/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB549&version=19990AB54998AMD)
3. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB549&version=19990AB54997AMD)
4. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB549&version=19990AB54996AMD)
5. **09/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB549&version=19990AB54995AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB549&version=19990AB54993CHP)
7. **AB549** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB549)
8. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB549&version=19990AB54994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- 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) · legislature
- AB 549 GALLEGOS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 549 GALLEGOS CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB549 Gallegos By Escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gallegos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 825, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-22** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4291.) `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 24. Noes 9. Page 3130.) `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** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-08-25** Joint Rule 61 (a)(10) suspended.
- **1999-08-25** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-15** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 29. Page 1660.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/811146fa-fffd-4fcd-8c61-5afe4bd48ec8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).