republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-505.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Administrative procedures."
description: "Administrative procedures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 505"
citation: "California AB 505 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative procedures."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df6c61ba-a909-4106-9a27-d07d17980752"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505"
source_hash: "9f44a4bbf4ae28df68ff787f7633a9c9d8b1d65ab82e1029bb32e755993756fc"
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 505 (19992000) — Administrative procedures.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505&version=19990AB50599INT)
2. **03/25/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505&version=19990AB50598AMD)
3. **05/24/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505&version=19990AB50597AMD)
4. **05/27/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505&version=19990AB50596AMD)
5. **06/19/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505&version=19990AB50594AMD)
6. **07/05/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505&version=19990AB50593AMD)
7. **07/07/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505&version=19990AB50595AMD)
8. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505&version=19990AB50592AMD)
9. **08/28/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505&version=19990AB50591AMD)
10. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505&version=19990AB50589CHP)
11. **AB505** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505)
12. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB505&version=19990AB50590ENR)

## Votes

- AB 505 WRIGHT CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 505 WRIGHT THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB505 Wright By Karnette — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Briggs — coauthor (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Costa — coauthor (person)
- Granlund — coauthor (person)
- Karnette — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Machado — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Rainey — coauthor (person)
- Soto — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
- Vincent — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1059, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-01** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 54. Noes 17. Page 8734.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 6250.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-08** 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`
- **2000-07-05** 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`
- **2000-06-28** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-22** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Governmental Organization. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-20** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-07-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 10. Page 2137.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-05-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **1999-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **1999-02-18** 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/df6c61ba-a909-4106-9a27-d07d17980752`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).