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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Department of Education: English language education."
description: "State Department of Education: English language education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 56"
citation: "California AB 56 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Department of Education: English language education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mazzoni"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1998-12-07"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1fadb13-cea9-4dba-8385-f77634311434"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB56"
source_hash: "e69f5b70b3999cd3f0e2ea6cf26b39d73e3b48060ebabffdfe666a9494486223"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB56&version=19990AB5699INT)
2. **02/11/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB56&version=19990AB5698AMD)
3. **02/24/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB56&version=19990AB5697AMD)
4. **03/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB56&version=19990AB5696AMD)
5. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB56&version=19990AB5695AMD)
6. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB56&version=19990AB5694AMD)
7. **09/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB56&version=19990AB5693AMD)
8. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB56&version=19990AB5691CHP)
9. **AB56** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB56)
10. **09/08/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB56&version=19990AB5692ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1fadb13-cea9-4dba-8385-f77634311434`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).