republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-715.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Attorney General duties: criminal information reporting."
description: "Attorney General duties: criminal information reporting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 715"
citation: "California AB 715 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Attorney General duties: criminal information reporting."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Firebaugh"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-24"
last_action: "2000-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b8f12376-9096-448f-8911-4a3699c1eaca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB715"
source_hash: "e221b98ac2b72af135d3bac613144ffcde7c625c3bab258e9f3245fc630f8f7b"
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 715 (19992000) — Attorney General duties: criminal information reporting.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB715&version=19990AB71599INT)
2. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB715&version=19990AB71598AMD)
3. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB715&version=19990AB71597AMD)
4. **06/28/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB715&version=19990AB71596AMD)
5. **08/24/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB715&version=19990AB71594AMD)
6. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB715&version=19990AB71595AMD)
7. **09/26/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB715&version=19990AB71592CHP)
8. **AB715** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB715)
9. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB715&version=19990AB71593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 715 FIREBAUGH THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 715 FIREBAUGH CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB715 Firebaugh Alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Firebaugh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 626, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-12** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 8745.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 6207.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file. Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-24** From inactive file. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-18** To inactive file on motion of Senator Ortiz.
- **2000-08-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-10** From inactive file. To second reading.
- **1999-09-03** To inactive file on motion of Senator Ortiz.
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-25** 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`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-12** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-06-28** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `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 67. Noes 13. Page 2324.) `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`
- **1999-04-29** 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, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Health. `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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b8f12376-9096-448f-8911-4a3699c1eaca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).