republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-1999.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State University."
description: "California State University."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1999"
citation: "California AB 1999 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California State University."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Higher Education"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-13"
last_action: "2004-09-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79724522-084e-4206-946b-243198aa1e53"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1999"
source_hash: "6fbbd3ef57b8339f1ef1c779fc9bf13a2006a731f762971833f65e65ec955e34"
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 1999 (20032004) — California State University.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1999&version=20030AB199999INT)
2. **03/23/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1999&version=20030AB199998AMD)
3. **07/07/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1999&version=20030AB199997AMD)
4. **07/26/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1999&version=20030AB199996AMD)
5. **09/09/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1999&version=20030AB199994CHP)
6. **AB1999** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1999)
7. **08/16/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1999&version=20030AB199995ENR)

## Votes

- do pass and re-refer to committee on appropriations with recommendation: to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1999 higher ed. concurrence in senate amendments by liu — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1999 higher ed. consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass and be re-referred to the committee on business and professions to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- be adopted as amended, but re-refer to the committee on appropriations recommend consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1999 committee on higher ed (liu) by scott — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Higher Education — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 417, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-24** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2004-08-16** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7170.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 4868.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-07** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-07-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5761.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-31** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 30). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-25** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Higher Education Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education and Standing Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2004-02-13** 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/79724522-084e-4206-946b-243198aa1e53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).