republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-56.md

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Bill	State Department of Education: English language education.	State Department of Education: English language education.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 56	California AB 56 (19992000)	bill	State Department of Education: English language education.	enacted	Mazzoni	10	26	8	1998-12-07	1999-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/d1fadb13-cea9-4dba-8385-f77634311434	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB56	e69f5b70b3999cd3f0e2ea6cf26b39d73e3b48060ebabffdfe666a9494486223	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 56 (19992000) — State Department of Education: English language education.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/98 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/11/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/24/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/25/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/28/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/16/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/02/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 10/10/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB56 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/08/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 56 MAZZONI CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB56 Mazzoni By Escutia — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 56 MAZZONI 3RD READING URGENCY — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mazzoni — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1009, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-10-10 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 76. Noes 3. Page 4074.) 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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 4. Page 2963.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-23 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file. 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 13. Noes 0.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-06-07 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. 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. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 2. Page 2340.) 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
• 1999-04-05 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 1999-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-03-24 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 1999-02-25 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 1999-02-24 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-02-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 18. Noes 1.) (February 17). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-02-12 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 1999-02-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-01-11 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. 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; origin ocd-bill/d1fadb13-cea9-4dba-8385-f77634311434. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).