republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1240.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Central Valley International Trade Center."
description: "California Central Valley International Trade Center."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1240"
citation: "California AB 1240 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Central Valley International Trade Center."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashburn"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e268f67-ff40-42e5-9ec9-0fc17d229266"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1240"
source_hash: "f31391a7e529b6e2753f3377dc70c7e4f3a3b618d94c30af4cca78efc1afd474"
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 1240 (19992000) — California Central Valley International Trade Center.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1240&version=19990AB124099INT)
2. **04/05/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1240&version=19990AB124098AMD)
3. **05/17/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1240&version=19990AB124097AMD)
4. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1240&version=19990AB124096AMD)
5. **07/01/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1240&version=19990AB124095AMD)
6. **07/22/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1240&version=19990AB124093CHP)
7. **AB1240** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1240)
8. **07/12/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1240&version=19990AB124094ENR)

## Votes

- Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1240 ASHBURN THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass; re-refer to Com on Utilities And Commerce. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1240 ASHBURN CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on UTILITIES AND COMMERCE. — **fail** (fail) · lower
- Special Consent #18 AB1240 Ashburn — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ashburn — primary (person)
- Briggs — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Costa — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Pescetti — coauthor (person)
- Poochigian — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Wright — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 141, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-07-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **1999-07-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 3026.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-07-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-07-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2141.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-07-06** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **1999-07-01** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Com. on F.,I. & I.T. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** 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 75. Noes 1. Page 2423.) `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 21. Noes 0.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-18** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-17** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 10). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** Joint Rule 61(a)(2) suspended. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived.
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **1999-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on I. T. & D. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on I. T. & D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to I. T. & D. and Standing Committee on Utilities and Commerce. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e268f67-ff40-42e5-9ec9-0fc17d229266`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).