republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-65.md

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Bill	Indian Child Welfare Act.	Indian Child Welfare Act.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 65	California AB 65 (19992000)	bill	Indian Child Welfare Act.	enacted	Ducheny	5	18	4	1998-12-07	1999-09-01	openstates	ocd-bill/dca45ad6-df50-46ba-a392-4c373ab6ce5f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB65	6358f69a6ae4b1f5db1dcb6e3e1f03151a9d4c3ab56128f3e2e4774c7063ecf3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 65 (19992000) — Indian Child Welfare Act.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/98 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/01/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB65 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/19/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #22 AB65 Ducheny — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 65 DUCHENY 3RD READING URGENCY — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ducheny — primary (person)
• Alarcon — coauthor (person)
• Cardenas — coauthor (person)
• Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
• Gallegos — coauthor (person)
• Granlund — coauthor (person)
• Honda — coauthor (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
• Reyes — coauthor (person)
• Soto — coauthor (person)
• Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-09-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 275, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-08-31 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-08-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
• 1999-08-19 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 1999-08-19 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2516.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-08-16 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-07-15 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 1999-06-02 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 1999-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-05-10 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 1. Page 1521.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-04-29 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 27). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 1999-04-26 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 1999-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-02-08 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary by unanimous consent. referral-committee
• 1999-01-11 Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services and Standing Committee on Judiciary. 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/dca45ad6-df50-46ba-a392-4c373ab6ce5f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).