republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-685.md

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Bill	Accessibility standards: blind and visually impaired.	Accessibility standards: blind and visually impaired.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 685	California AB 685 (19992000)	bill	Accessibility standards: blind and visually impaired.	enacted	Thomson	9	26	7	1999-02-23	1999-09-15	openstates	ocd-bill/67e7745e-bb6e-46d2-ac1a-628a8f24ba6b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB685	ea816efeb831611b6c17dce24bc50eb734690e49a756843c642723c64fb38356	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 685 (19992000) — Accessibility standards: blind and visually impaired.

Version chain

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

1. 02/23/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/27/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/25/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/14/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/24/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/23/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB685 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/30/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · legislature
• AB 685 THOMSON CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · legislature
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB685 Thomson By Ortiz — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 685 THOMSON THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Thomson — primary (person)
• Aroner — author (person)
• Wesson — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-09-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 386, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-09-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-07 Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 1999-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 65. Noes 10. Page 3614.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 1999-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 1999-08-26 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 2676.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-08-24 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-23 Read third time, amended. To second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 1999-07-14 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-07-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 1999-06-24 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-06-23 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-06-07 Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. referral-committee
• 1999-05-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-05-27 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 19. Page 1985.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-05-26 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-24 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 3.) (May 19). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 1999-04-29 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 1999-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 20). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-04-06 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 1999-03-08 Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. referral-committee
• 1999-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 1999-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/67e7745e-bb6e-46d2-ac1a-628a8f24ba6b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).