republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-139.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State employees: State Bargaining Unit 7."
description: "State employees: State Bargaining Unit 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 139"
citation: "California AB 139 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State employees: State Bargaining Unit 7."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Havice"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-01-11"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c09ff97f-62a9-4cb2-a3bd-9262c5a298b4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB139"
source_hash: "89640f8d9284c2e4da463b1e1f6b10c5a3dd02e8d2a687e6f589076142d35c14"
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 139 (19992000) — State employees: State Bargaining Unit 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/11/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB139&version=19990AB13999INT)
2. **03/09/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB139&version=19990AB13998AMD)
3. **07/02/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB139&version=19990AB13997AMD)
4. **08/18/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB139&version=19990AB13996AMD)
5. **09/09/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB139&version=19990AB13995AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB139&version=19990AB13993CHP)
7. **AB139** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB139)
8. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB139&version=19990AB13994ENR)

## Votes

- AB 139 HAVICE THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB139 Havice By Murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 139 HAVICE CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Havice — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 761, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-23** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **1999-09-10** In Assembly. Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 69. Noes 5. Page 4414.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 3225.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-09** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission.
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-23** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-08-18** 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. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 4. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-04-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-04-12** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 5. Page 1008.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-04-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (March 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-03-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-09** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-03-08** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 2). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-01-12** From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
- **1999-01-11** 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/c09ff97f-62a9-4cb2-a3bd-9262c5a298b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).