republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1279.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: study of doctoral education."
description: "Postsecondary education: study of doctoral education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1279"
citation: "California AB 1279 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: study of doctoral education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc54d48c-e152-4a34-95a7-7ce5f1719006"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1279"
source_hash: "8f83798b8c3fb41e35fcece672b22ccbbf3269bbad1428b718929836b40a025b"
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 1279 (19992000) — Postsecondary education: study of doctoral education.

## 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=199920000AB1279&version=19990AB127999INT)
2. **04/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1279&version=19990AB127998AMD)
3. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1279&version=19990AB127997AMD)
4. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1279&version=19990AB127996AMD)
5. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1279&version=19990AB127995AMD)
6. **09/07/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1279&version=19990AB127993CHP)
7. **AB1279** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1279)
8. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1279&version=19990AB127994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1279 Scott Hughes — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1279 SCOTT CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1279 SCOTT 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott — primary (person)
- Ducheny — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 337, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3483.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-08-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 1. Page 2561.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **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 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-07** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2330.) `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`
- **1999-05-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-29** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 20). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Higher Education. `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/dc54d48c-e152-4a34-95a7-7ce5f1719006`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).