republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1477.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture: nursery stock."
description: "Agriculture: nursery stock."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1477"
citation: "California AB 1477 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture: nursery stock."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Agriculture"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67dadeac-941e-4335-aa69-e4f1dac5e328"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1477"
source_hash: "db5d4c5b5bac43b3849a0213266e05df4b5329d220186137667171479b65ef5f"
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 1477 (19992000) — Agriculture: nursery stock.

## 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=199920000AB1477&version=19990AB147799INT)
2. **04/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1477&version=19990AB147798AMD)
3. **05/10/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1477&version=19990AB147797AMD)
4. **07/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1477&version=19990AB147796AMD)
5. **09/21/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1477&version=19990AB147794CHP)
6. **AB1477** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1477)
7. **08/26/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1477&version=19990AB147795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1477 Committee on Agri. (Cardoza) By Costa — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1477 AGRI. CONCURRENCE BY CARDOZA — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1477 AGRI. THIRD READING BY CARDOZA — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Agriculture — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 450, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 71. Noes 5. Page 3442.) `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, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. 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: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **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 0.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-09** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-05-19** Referred to Com. on AGR. & WAT. RES. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 67. Noes 5. Page 1601.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-10** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 20. Noes 1.) (April 28). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Agriculture Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-18** Referred to Standing Committee on Agriculture. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **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/67dadeac-941e-4335-aa69-e4f1dac5e328`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).