republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-99.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Children and Families Act of 1998: use of funds."
description: "The California Children and Families Act of 1998, an initiative measure, requires that the California Children and Families Program, established by the act, be funded by certain taxes imposed on the sale and distribution of cigarettes and tobacco products that are deposited into the continuously appropriated California Children and Families Trust Fund. Existing law requires the fund to be used for the implementation of comprehensive early childhood development and smoking prevention programs. Under existing law, prescribed percentages of moneys allocated and appropriated from the trust fund are required to be deposited into various accounts for expenditure by the California Children and Families Commission, also known as First 5 California, and to local children and families trust funds, to be expended for various subjects relating to and furthering the goals and purposes of the act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 99"
citation: "California AB 99 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Children and Families Act of 1998: use of funds."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-01-10"
last_action: "2011-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/86d65ae0-42c0-4b3f-9918-dc285cf5f16b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB99"
source_hash: "32295799aa80fd89f07803e135740d9a86d6b6ef982e4522d707fe35c9906ff5"
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 99 (20112012) — California Children and Families Act of 1998: use of funds.

The California Children and Families Act of 1998, an initiative measure, requires that the California Children and Families Program, established by the act, be funded by certain taxes imposed on the sale and distribution of cigarettes and tobacco products that are deposited into the continuously appropriated California Children and Families Trust Fund. Existing law requires the fund to be used for the implementation of comprehensive early childhood development and smoking prevention programs. Under existing law, prescribed percentages of moneys allocated and appropriated from the trust fund are required to be deposited into various accounts for expenditure by the California Children and Families Commission, also known as First 5 California, and to local children and families trust funds, to be expended for various subjects relating to and furthering the goals and purposes of the act.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/10/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB99&version=20110AB9999INT)
2. **03/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB99&version=20110AB9998AMD)
3. **03/24/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB99&version=20110AB9996CHP)
4. **AB99** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB99)
5. **03/17/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB99&version=20110AB9997ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB99 Committee on BUDGET (Blumenfield) By Leno Urgency Clause — **36–3** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · upper
- AB 99 BUDGET Concurrence - Urgency Added By BLUMENFIELD — **57–18** (pass) · lower
- AB 99 BUDGET Assembly Third Reading By BLUMENFIELD — **49–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-11** From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
- **2011-02-18** Without reference to committee. `referral-committee`
- **2011-02-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-02-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 0. Page 416.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-02-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-03-07** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-03-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-03-14** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. pursuant to Joint Rule 10.5. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (March 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-03-16** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 3. Page 351.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-03-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after March 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-03-16** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 585.)
- **2011-03-16** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 587.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2011-03-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-03-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 4, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/86d65ae0-42c0-4b3f-9918-dc285cf5f16b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).