republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-77.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Small business development corporations."
description: "Small business development corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 77"
citation: "California AB 77 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Small business development corporations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cardenas"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1998-12-08"
last_action: "2000-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/109a084d-3146-4eec-8292-1fc630033be4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB77"
source_hash: "826b75973f6f272cbc5b8a1fe103d31ba349b9a326b65ee158575f09f7185d19"
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 77 (19992000) — Small business development corporations.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/08/98 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB77&version=19990AB7799INT)
2. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB77&version=19990AB7798AMD)
3. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB77&version=19990AB7797AMD)
4. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB77&version=19990AB7796AMD)
5. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB77&version=19990AB7795AMD)
6. **08/24/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB77&version=19990AB7794AMD)
7. **08/28/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB77&version=19990AB7793AMD)
8. **08/30/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB77&version=19990AB7792AMD)
9. **09/26/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB77&version=19990AB7790CHP)
10. **AB77** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB77)
11. **08/31/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB77&version=19990AB7791ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 77 CARDENAS CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB77 Cardenas By Dunn — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- AB 77 CARDENAS THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cardenas — primary (person)
- Baca — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Dunn — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 650, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2000-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 62. Noes 12. Page 8936.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-31** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 6409.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-30** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-24** 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** 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 7. Noes 3.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-06** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 24. Page 2370.) `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 5. Noes 3.) (April 20). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-01-11** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **1998-12-09** From printer. May be heard in committee January 8.
- **1998-12-08** 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/109a084d-3146-4eec-8292-1fc630033be4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).