republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1199.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "School bonds: citizens' oversight committee."
description: "Existing law requires, if a bond measure that provides financing for certain types of school facilities is approved by voters, the governing board of a school district or community college to establish and appoint members to an independent citizens' oversight committee. Existing law also requires members of a citizens' oversight committee to serve for a term of 2 years without compensation and for no more than 2 consecutive terms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1199"
citation: "California AB 1199 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School bonds: citizens' oversight committee."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brownley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-07-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f29331a0-73c3-476a-8fc1-22f79d1c8f89"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1199"
source_hash: "b82baac6a698e1c2db1887ca831db160601767036c39dbeab61af22bf354674d"
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 1199 (20112012) — School bonds: citizens' oversight committee.

Existing law requires, if a bond measure that provides financing for certain types of school facilities is approved by voters, the governing board of a school district or community college to establish and appoint members to an independent citizens' oversight committee. Existing law also requires members of a citizens' oversight committee to serve for a term of 2 years without compensation and for no more than 2 consecutive terms.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1199&version=20110AB119999INT)
2. **01/04/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1199&version=20110AB119998AMD)
3. **05/25/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1199&version=20110AB119997AMD)
4. **07/10/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1199&version=20110AB119995CHP)
5. **AB1199** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1199)
6. **06/22/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1199&version=20110AB119996ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1199 BROWNLEY Assembly Third Reading — **67–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1199 BROWNLEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brownley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2011-03-21** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (January 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-01-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 0. Page 3512.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-02** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 3959.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-06-18** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-06-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5390.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-06-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2012-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 73, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f29331a0-73c3-476a-8fc1-22f79d1c8f89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).