---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vessels."
description: "Vessels."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1151"
citation: "California AB 1151 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vessels."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leach"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "1999-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de862d9a-c3d3-4d8f-9ec4-d578368b234c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1151"
source_hash: "c54c35c7037dbd634b3a51508d0e79a5084059e8b1a2b8a4e9aa1593d96f7a57"
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 1151 (19992000) — Vessels.

## 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=199920000AB1151&version=19990AB115199INT)
2. **04/14/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1151&version=19990AB115198AMD)
3. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1151&version=19990AB115197AMD)
4. **06/01/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1151&version=19990AB115196AMD)
5. **07/12/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1151&version=19990AB115195AMD)
6. **08/30/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1151&version=19990AB115194AMD)
7. **09/27/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1151&version=19990AB115192CHP)
8. **AB1151** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1151)
9. **09/02/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1151&version=19990AB115193ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1151 LEACH CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST DAY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1151 Leach By Rainey — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1151 LEACH CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leach — primary (person)
- Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- House — coauthor (person)
- Leslie — coauthor (person)
- Rainey — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **1999-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 500, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **1999-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3769.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 2800.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, 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`
- **1999-07-12** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-08** 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`
- **1999-06-28** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2494.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-02** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (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** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** 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`
- **1999-04-22** Joint Rule 61 (a)(2) suspended.
- **1999-04-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Transportation (Corrected April 15. ). `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Transportation Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Transportation and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **1999-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **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/de862d9a-c3d3-4d8f-9ec4-d578368b234c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).