republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-855.md

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Bill	Child care and development programs.	Child care and development programs.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 855	California AB 855 (19992000)	bill	Child care and development programs.	enacted	Cardenas	9	23	7	1999-02-24	1999-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/b1abb835-739a-4843-93a0-e7a93debfe38	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB855	784e8a650d5bc315d5f8e78cabf73650dce4165721301bb524eb7abd7a58e2a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 855 (19992000) — Child care and development programs.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/06/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/17/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/29/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/16/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/24/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/27/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB855 (committee substitute) — source
9. 08/30/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent #25 AB855 Cardenas — pass (pass) · upper
• AB 855 CARDENAS CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 855 CARDENAS THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cardenas — primary (person)
• Escutia — coauthor (person)
• Hughes — coauthor (person)
• Runner — principal coauthor (person)
• Solis — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 492, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-09-27 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 74. Noes 2. Page 3615.) 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 39. Noes 0. Page 2684.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-08-24 Read second time, amended, and to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 1999-08-16 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
• 1999-06-29 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-06-28 From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-06-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-06-07 Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. referral-committee
• 1999-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-06-01 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 2. Page 2184.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 1999-04-14 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-04-08 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. referral-committee
• 1999-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-03-23 Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. 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/b1abb835-739a-4843-93a0-e7a93debfe38. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).