republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-703.md

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Bill	Ballast water.	Ballast water.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 703	California AB 703 (19992000)	bill	Ballast water.	enacted	Lempert	11	30	8	1999-02-24	1999-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/d191d0fc-308b-4ad6-9e24-241f02b94159	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB703	c6f0d2b4ce5aa77a8de53074013d4151edbbcbc5b68f6ffb1d0e47ea705eeac2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 703 (19992000) — Ballast water.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/05/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/27/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/28/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/06/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/17/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/18/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/07/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 10/10/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB703 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/09/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 703 LEMPERT THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 703 LEMPERT CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB703 Lempert By McPherson — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 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) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lempert — primary (person)
• Alpert — coauthor (person)
• Aroner — coauthor (person)
• Corbett — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 849, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-20 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
• 1999-09-09 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 29. Page 4234.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 1999-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 1999-09-08 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 3055.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-07 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.). Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-09-03 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-09-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 1999-08-23 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-08-23 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
• 1999-08-18 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-08-17 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-08-16 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 1.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-07-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-06-17 Referred to Com. on ENV. QUAL. 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, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 31. Page 2313.) 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 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 1999-05-06 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, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 20). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-04-14 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 1999-04-08 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. referral-committee
• 1999-04-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.,R. & C.A. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-03-25 Referred to Standing Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials. referral-committee
• 1999-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 1999-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d191d0fc-308b-4ad6-9e24-241f02b94159. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).