republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-873.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Rehabilitative services: assistive technology."
description: "Rehabilitative services: assistive technology."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 873"
citation: "California AB 873 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rehabilitative services: assistive technology."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Human Services"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/654f8efc-dc4a-4c1b-a389-3cac91371faf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB873"
source_hash: "5be12084c6aee3f248dfd4601c4acd66adb0cea356c1412831aa56456f9aa488"
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 873 (19992000) — Rehabilitative services: assistive technology.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB873&version=19990AB87399INT)
2. **05/28/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB873&version=19990AB87398AMD)
3. **06/02/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB873&version=19990AB87397AMD)
4. **07/12/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB873&version=19990AB87396AMD)
5. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB873&version=19990AB87394CHP)
6. **AB873** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB873)
7. **09/07/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB873&version=19990AB87395ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB873 Committee on Hum. S. (Aroner) By Leslie — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 873 MR. SPEAKER THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 873 HUM. S. CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Human Services — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 493, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 73. Noes 3. Page 4012.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2902.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-16** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **1999-07-14** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **1999-07-13** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-06-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-17** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-03** Assembly Rule 69 (d) suspended. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 2474). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Assembly Rule 69 (b) suspended. Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, 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 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-22** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** 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/654f8efc-dc4a-4c1b-a389-3cac91371faf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).